Title
Three-phenyl transfer in palladium-catalyzed C[sbnd]C coupling reactions by triarylbismuths: A mechanistic study
Date Issued
February 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
The unusual reactivity of organobismuth compounds in cross-coupling processes, where they act as multi-aryl sources, opens up new and exciting possibilities in the field of organic synthesis. In particular, the high reactivity of arylbismuths in multifold couplings with arylhalides suggests that three catalytic cycles occur simultaneously. Here, we carry out a computational investigation of a cross-coupling model reaction between bromobenzene (Ph-Br) and triphenylbismuthine (Ph3Bi), catalyzed by Pd(0). The energetic profile evidences the exergonic behavior of the overall reaction with a ΔrG of −38.2 kcal mol−1, in good agreement with the experimental results. Moreover, the largest activation energy (39.8 kcal mol−1) is found for the first Ph3Bi aryl transfer (PhP’1Ph1 → PhP’2Ph1), identified as the rate-determining step. Additional dynamical computations on these potential profiles are needed to confirm these findings. We expect this research to allow for a better understanding of organobismuth palladium-catalyzed C[sbnd]C coupling reactions and organobismuth chemistry in general.
Volume
482
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química orgánica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85074430015
Source
Molecular Catalysis
ISSN of the container
24688231
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