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In silico rationalisation of selectivity and reactivity in Pd-catalysed C-H activation reactions.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Kabeshov, Mikhail 

Abstract

A computational approach has been developed to automatically generate and analyse the structures of the intermediates of palladium-catalysed carbon-hydrogen (C-H) activation reactions as well as to predict the final products. Implemented as a high-performance computing cluster tool, it has been shown to correctly choose the mechanism and rationalise regioselectivity of chosen examples from open literature reports. The developed methodology is capable of predicting reactivity of various substrates by differentiation between two major mechanisms - proton abstraction and electrophilic aromatic substitution. An attempt has been made to predict new C-H activation reactions. This methodology can also be used for the automated reaction planning, as well as a starting point for microkinetic modelling.

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Keywords

C–H activation, density functional theory, reaction prediction

Journal Title

Beilstein J Org Chem

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Journal ISSN

1860-5397
1860-5397

Volume Title

16

Publisher

Beilstein Institut
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K009494/1)
EPSRC grant EP/K009494/1 (MK and SL) and the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore under its CREATE programme, project “Cambridge Centre for Carbon Reduction in Chemical Technology” (LC and AL).