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- Title
The importance of conformational search: a test case on the catalytic cycle of the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling.
- Authors
Besora, Maria; Braga, Ataualpa; Ujaque, Gregori; Maseras, Feliu; Lledós, Agustí
- Abstract
Conformational diversity is an often neglected aspect in computational studies of transition metal complexes, even when relatively large systems are involved. The importance of conformational searches is illustrated through the analysis of the errors that could be caused by a wrong choice of conformers in the computational study of the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling between CH=CHBr and CH=CHB(OH) catalyzed by [(PPh)Pd] or [(P( i-Pr))Pd]. The error bars associated with conformational diversity of the [(PPh)Pd] catalyst range between 0.3 and 6.7 kcal/mol, the values growing up to 11.4 kcal/mol when the more flexible [(P( i-Pr))Pd] catalyst is considered.
- Subjects
CONFORMATIONAL analysis; CATALYSIS; TRANSITION metal complexes; CHEMICAL reactions; PLATINUM catalysts; DENSITY functionals
- Publication
Theoretical Chemistry Accounts: Theory, Computation, & Modeling, 2011, Vol 128, Issue 4-6, p639
- ISSN
1432-881X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00214-010-0823-6