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Article
Publication Date
7-21-2023
Abstract
The effect of fluoro substitution on the C–C bond activation of aromatic nitriles has been studied by reacting a variety of fluorinated benzonitriles with the nickel(0) fragment [Ni(dippe)] and by locating the reaction intermediates and transition-state structures on the potential energy surface by using density functional theory calculations with the [Ni(dmpe)] fragment (dippe = 1,2-bis(diisopropylphosphino)ethane, dmpe = 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane). As in the previous reports, the reaction of fluorinated benzonitriles with the [Ni(dippe)] fragment initially formed an η2-nitrile complex, which then converted to the C–CN bond activation product. Thermodynamic parameters for the equilibrium between these complexes have been determined experimentally in both a polar (tetrahydrofuran) and a nonpolar (toluene) solvent for 3-fluoro- and 4-fluorobenzonitrile. The stability of the C–C bond activation products is shown to be strongly dependent on the number of ortho-F substituents (−6.6 kcal/mol per o-F) and only slightly dependent on the number of meta-F substituents (−1.8 kcal/mol per m-F).
Recommended Citation
Lachaize, Sébastien, Dominique C. Gallegos, Juliana J. Antonio, Abdurrahman C. Atesin, Tülay A. Ateşin, and William D. Jones. "Ortho-Fluoro Effect on the C–C Bond Activation of Benzonitrile Using Zerovalent Nickel." Organometallics 42, no. 15 (2023): 2134-2147. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00275
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Publication Title
Organometallics
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00275
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