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  • quantum chemical study of the lewis acid influence on the cycloaddition of Benzonitrile Oxide to acetonitrile propyne and propene
    Tetrahedron, 2007
    Co-Authors: Gabriele Wagner, Timothy N Danks, Vincenzo Vullo
    Abstract:

    Abstract Quantum chemical methods (MP2 and B3LYP) together with a topological analysis of the charge density have been used to study the BH 3 - or BF 3 -mediated reaction of Benzonitrile Oxide with acetonitrile, propyne and propene. In the reaction with propene or propyne, addition of Lewis acids has only little influence on the outcome of the reactions. The cycloaddition of nitrile Oxides with nitriles, however, is generally promoted by strong Lewis acids. When the Lewis acid coordination takes place at the nitrile Oxide the reactant is activated and the product binds weakly to the Lewis acid so that the reaction is expected to be catalytic. In the case of coordination to the nitrile the reaction is Lewis acid mediated. Here the reactant is not much influenced by addition of Lewis acid, but the transition state and the product are stabilised and consequently such processes require a stoichiometric amount of Lewis acid and form a stable Lewis acid–product complex. It has also been demonstrated that the different activation routes for these reactions involve different reaction mechanisms. Whereas the reaction of a Lewis acid coordinated nitrile Oxide is of ‘inverse electron demand’, the Lewis acid coordinated nitrile reacts through a ‘normal electron demand’ cycloaddition.

  • cycloaddition of Benzonitrile Oxide to acetonitrile propyne and propene a comparative theoretical study of the reaction mechanism and regioselectivity
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004
    Co-Authors: Vincenzo Vullo, Timothy N Danks, Gabriele Wagner
    Abstract:

    Quantum chemical calculations (MP2/6-31G* and B3LYP/6-31G*) were used to compare the reactivity, regioselectivity and orbital involvement of the reaction of Benzonitrile Oxide with the dipolarophiles acetonitrile, propyne and propene. All reactions are thermodynamically favoured. The product stability decreases in an order propyne > acetonitrile > propene, and reflects the degree of aromatic stabilisation of the product. The activation barriers depend strongly on the computational method used and decrease in the expected order of increasing reactivity (acetonitrile > propyne > propene) in the MP2 calculations, but are similar to each other when B3LYP is applied. The regiochemistry is correctly predicted for all reactions and the experimentally observed regioisomer is both thermodynamically and kinetically favoured. The transition state geometries indicate that, in some of the reactions, the Benzonitrile Oxide does not interact through its frontier orbitals, as traditionally assumed. Instead, the FMO±2 are involved in the reaction, indicating that the classical FMO concept should be applied with care as it might lead to wrong conclusions. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)

  • Cycloaddition of Benzonitrile Oxide to Acetonitrile, Propyne and Propene − A Comparative Theoretical Study of the Reaction Mechanism and Regioselectivity
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004
    Co-Authors: Vincenzo Vullo, Timothy N Danks, Gabriele Wagner
    Abstract:

    Quantum chemical calculations (MP2/6-31G* and B3LYP/6-31G*) were used to compare the reactivity, regioselectivity and orbital involvement of the reaction of Benzonitrile Oxide with the dipolarophiles acetonitrile, propyne and propene. All reactions are thermodynamically favoured. The product stability decreases in an order propyne > acetonitrile > propene, and reflects the degree of aromatic stabilisation of the product. The activation barriers depend strongly on the computational method used and decrease in the expected order of increasing reactivity (acetonitrile > propyne > propene) in the MP2 calculations, but are similar to each other when B3LYP is applied. The regiochemistry is correctly predicted for all reactions and the experimentally observed regioisomer is both thermodynamically and kinetically favoured. The transition state geometries indicate that, in some of the reactions, the Benzonitrile Oxide does not interact through its frontier orbitals, as traditionally assumed. Instead, the FMO±2 are involved in the reaction, indicating that the classical FMO concept should be applied with care as it might lead to wrong conclusions. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)

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  • The origin of regio- and stereoselectivity in the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile Oxides with C1-substituted 7-oxabenzonorbornadienes, a DFT study
    RSC Advances, 2015
    Co-Authors: Javad Tajabadi, Mehdi Bakavoli, Mostafa Gholizadeh, Hossein Eshghi, Mohammad Izadyar
    Abstract:

    In this computational study, density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed in order to achieve a deep understanding of the regio- and stereoselectivity of 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions (1,3-DC) of C1-substituted 7-oxabenzonorbornadienes (OBNDs) (2a–2d) with acetonitrile Oxide (1a) and Benzonitrile Oxide (1b). The potential energy surface analysis, Wiberg bond orders (BOs) and global electron density transfer (GEDT) at the transition states (TSs) show that these cycloadditions take place through a low asynchronous one-step mechanism with non-polar character. Mechanism studies show that these reactions are exo-stereoselective and anti-regioselective (3X) and classified as (pseudodiradical) pr-type 1,3-DC reactions. These results are in excellent agreement with the experimental observations. A distortion-interaction model has been used successfully for understanding regio- and stereoselectivity in these reactions.

Vincenzo Vullo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • quantum chemical study of the lewis acid influence on the cycloaddition of Benzonitrile Oxide to acetonitrile propyne and propene
    Tetrahedron, 2007
    Co-Authors: Gabriele Wagner, Timothy N Danks, Vincenzo Vullo
    Abstract:

    Abstract Quantum chemical methods (MP2 and B3LYP) together with a topological analysis of the charge density have been used to study the BH 3 - or BF 3 -mediated reaction of Benzonitrile Oxide with acetonitrile, propyne and propene. In the reaction with propene or propyne, addition of Lewis acids has only little influence on the outcome of the reactions. The cycloaddition of nitrile Oxides with nitriles, however, is generally promoted by strong Lewis acids. When the Lewis acid coordination takes place at the nitrile Oxide the reactant is activated and the product binds weakly to the Lewis acid so that the reaction is expected to be catalytic. In the case of coordination to the nitrile the reaction is Lewis acid mediated. Here the reactant is not much influenced by addition of Lewis acid, but the transition state and the product are stabilised and consequently such processes require a stoichiometric amount of Lewis acid and form a stable Lewis acid–product complex. It has also been demonstrated that the different activation routes for these reactions involve different reaction mechanisms. Whereas the reaction of a Lewis acid coordinated nitrile Oxide is of ‘inverse electron demand’, the Lewis acid coordinated nitrile reacts through a ‘normal electron demand’ cycloaddition.

  • cycloaddition of Benzonitrile Oxide to acetonitrile propyne and propene a comparative theoretical study of the reaction mechanism and regioselectivity
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004
    Co-Authors: Vincenzo Vullo, Timothy N Danks, Gabriele Wagner
    Abstract:

    Quantum chemical calculations (MP2/6-31G* and B3LYP/6-31G*) were used to compare the reactivity, regioselectivity and orbital involvement of the reaction of Benzonitrile Oxide with the dipolarophiles acetonitrile, propyne and propene. All reactions are thermodynamically favoured. The product stability decreases in an order propyne > acetonitrile > propene, and reflects the degree of aromatic stabilisation of the product. The activation barriers depend strongly on the computational method used and decrease in the expected order of increasing reactivity (acetonitrile > propyne > propene) in the MP2 calculations, but are similar to each other when B3LYP is applied. The regiochemistry is correctly predicted for all reactions and the experimentally observed regioisomer is both thermodynamically and kinetically favoured. The transition state geometries indicate that, in some of the reactions, the Benzonitrile Oxide does not interact through its frontier orbitals, as traditionally assumed. Instead, the FMO±2 are involved in the reaction, indicating that the classical FMO concept should be applied with care as it might lead to wrong conclusions. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)

  • Cycloaddition of Benzonitrile Oxide to Acetonitrile, Propyne and Propene − A Comparative Theoretical Study of the Reaction Mechanism and Regioselectivity
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004
    Co-Authors: Vincenzo Vullo, Timothy N Danks, Gabriele Wagner
    Abstract:

    Quantum chemical calculations (MP2/6-31G* and B3LYP/6-31G*) were used to compare the reactivity, regioselectivity and orbital involvement of the reaction of Benzonitrile Oxide with the dipolarophiles acetonitrile, propyne and propene. All reactions are thermodynamically favoured. The product stability decreases in an order propyne > acetonitrile > propene, and reflects the degree of aromatic stabilisation of the product. The activation barriers depend strongly on the computational method used and decrease in the expected order of increasing reactivity (acetonitrile > propyne > propene) in the MP2 calculations, but are similar to each other when B3LYP is applied. The regiochemistry is correctly predicted for all reactions and the experimentally observed regioisomer is both thermodynamically and kinetically favoured. The transition state geometries indicate that, in some of the reactions, the Benzonitrile Oxide does not interact through its frontier orbitals, as traditionally assumed. Instead, the FMO±2 are involved in the reaction, indicating that the classical FMO concept should be applied with care as it might lead to wrong conclusions. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)