Journal
CHEMPHYSCHEM
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 219-228Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201300934
Keywords
cyclotrimerization; density functional calculations; half-sandwich complexes; indenyl effect; rhodium
Funding
- European Commission-Capacities Area-Research Infrastructures [228398]
- University of Padova [CPDA127392/12]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO-CW)
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO-EW)
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) [CTQ2011-25086/BQU]
- European Fund for Regional Development (FEDER) [UNGI08-4E-003]
- DIUE of the Generalitat de Catalunya [2009SGR528]
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
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The mechanism of CpRh (Cp=cyclopentadienyl) and IndRh (Ind=indenyl)-catalyzed acetylene [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization has been revisited aiming at finding an explanation for the better performance of the latter catalyst found experimentally. The hypothesis that an ancillary ligand of the precatalyst remains bonded to the metal center throughout the whole catalytic cycle, based on the experimental evidence that the nature of this ligand can exert some control in cocyclotrimerization of different alkynes, is considered. Strong hapticity variations occur in both the CpRh- and IndRh-catalyzed processes. As the Ind ligand undergoes a more facile slippage than Cp, the energy profile is far smoother in the IndRh-catalyzed cyclotrimerization. This difference in the energetics of the process translates into an enhanced activity of the IndRh catalyst, in nice agreement with experiment.
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