In Silico Olefin Metathesis with Ru-Based Catalysts Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Bearing C60Fullerenes
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Martínez, Juan PabloVummaleti, Sai V. C.

Falivene, Laura

Nolan, Steven P.

Cavallo, Luigi

Solà, Miquel

Poater, Albert

KAUST Department
Chemical Science ProgramKAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2016-04-05Online Publication Date
2016-04-05Print Publication Date
2016-05-04Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/621699
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Density functional theory calculations have been used to explore the potential of Ru-based complexes with 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolin-2-ylidene (SIMes) ligand backbone (A) being modified in silico by the insertion of a C60 molecule (B and C), as olefin metathesis catalysts. To this end, we investigated the olefin metathesis reaction catalyzed by complexes A, B, and C using ethylene as the substrate, focusing mainly on the thermodynamic stability of all possible reaction intermediates. Our results suggest that complex B bearing an electron-withdrawing N-heterocyclic carbene improves the performance of unannulated complex A. The efficiency of complex B is only surpassed by complex A when the backbone of the N-heterocyclic carbene of complex A is substituted by two amino groups. The particular performance of complexes B and C has to be attributed to electronic factors, that is, the electronic-donating capacity of modified SIMes ligand rather than steric effects, because the latter are predicted to be almost identical for complexes B and C when compared to those of A. Overall, this study indicates that such Ru-based complexes B and C might have the potential to be effective olefin metathesis catalysts. © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Citation
Martínez JP, Vummaleti SVC, Falivene L, Nolan SP, Cavallo L, et al. (2016) In Silico Olefin Metathesis with Ru-Based Catalysts Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Bearing C60Fullerenes. Chem Eur J 22: 6617–6623. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201600383.Sponsors
A.P. thanks the Spanish MINECO for a project CTQ2014-59832-JIN, and the European Commission for a Career Integration Grant (CIG09-GA-2011-293900). L.C. and S.P.N thank King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (CCF project) for support. J.P.M. gratefully acknowledges the receipt of his Ph.D. fellowship (register/application number 217067/312543) financed by the Mexican CONACYT. This work has been also supported by the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) of Spain (Project CTQ2014-54306-P) and the Generalitat de Catalunya (project number 2014SGR931, Xarxa de Referencia en Quimica Teorica i Computacional, and ICREA Academia 2014 prize for M.S.).Publisher
WileyJournal
Chemistry - A European JournalPubMed ID
27059290ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/chem.201600383
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