Energy maxima in anionic nucleophilic additions to carbonyl groups: The location of a saddle point for the addition of hydride to formaldehyde
Energy maxima in anionic nucleophilic additions to carbonyl groups: The location of a saddle point for the addition of hydride to formaldehyde
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羰基阴离子亲核加成的能量最大值:氢化物与甲醛加成的鞍点位置
DOI:
10.1139/v88-023
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
F. Grein
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文献类型:
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作者:
C. Bayly;F. Grein
The reaction profile of the anionic nucleophilic addition of hydride to formaldehyde giving methanolate was re-investigated using theoretical ab initio methods. A variety of basis sets (including 4-31G and 6-31G with and without polarization and diffuse functions) were used, and electron correlation calculations were performed at the MP2, MP3, and MP4 levels with geometry optimizations at the MP2 level. Upon the addition of diffuse functions to the basis set, a local energy maximum was introduced into the SCF reaction profile, a major change in the character of the profile compared to the entirely attractive potential energy curve found in previous studies. On the reactants side of the barrier a local minimum 4.56 kcal/mol lower in energy was found, corresponding to an ion–dipole complex. With the inclusion of electron correlation, the local barrier almost disappeared, with the energy difference between the ion–dipole complex and the barrier maximum decreasing to less than 1 kcal/mol. Furthermore, the loc...