Dynamics effects on an E2/E1cb borderline mechanism: unimolecular elimination of 2-aryl-3-chloro-2-R-propanols.
Dynamics effects on an E2/E1cb borderline mechanism: unimolecular elimination of 2-aryl-3-chloro-2-R-propanols.
复制标题
动力学对 E2/E1cb 边界机制的影响:2-芳基-3-氯-2-R-丙醇的单分子消除。
作者:
Shuhei Itoh;H. Yamataka
The mechanistic dichotomy between concerted E2 and stepwise E1cb of the base-promoted elimination of 2-aryl-3-chloro-2-R-propanols was examined computationally at the HF, M05-2X, and MP2 levels of theory. Optimizations of transition states (TSs) and reaction intermediates, and intrinsic reaction coordinates (IRC) calculations showed that there was a single reaction route for each substrate, and that the mechanism could be changed from E2 to E1cb by making a carbanion intermediate more stable through the introduction of electron-withdrawing substituents. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed that trajectories started at a single TS led directly to two product regions; the carbanion intermediate region in the E1cb mechanism, and the alkene product region in the E2 mechanism, through path bifurcation after the TS. The present system is a new example of bifurcation in reactions of closed-shell molecules. The overall reaction mechanism changes dynamically from E2 to E1cb by a gradual change in the ratio of E2 and E1cb trajectories, rather than a path switch in concurrent pathways.
影响因子:
15
作者:
Thomas, Jacqueline B.;Waas, Jack R.;Harmata, Michael;Singleton, Daniel A.
通讯作者:
Singleton, Daniel A.
影响因子:
3.6
作者:
Celebi-Oelcuem, Nihan;Ess, Daniel H.;Houk, K. N.
通讯作者:
Houk, K. N.
影响因子:
15
作者:
Bekele, T;Christian, CF;Singleton, DA
通讯作者:
Singleton, DA