Supplementary Material (ESI) for Perkin Transactions 2. This journal is © the Royal Society of Chemistry 2002A Computational Study of the Mechanism of Palladium Insertion into Alkynyl and Aryl Carbon-Fluorine bonds

A Computational Study of the Mechanism of Palladium Insertion into Alkynyl and Aryl Carbon-Fluorine bonds

Markus Jakt, Linus Johannissen, Henry S. Rzepa*, David A. Widdowson and René Wilhelm

Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, SW7 2AY.

Supplemental Data

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Various stationary points on potential surface
Scheme 2

Structures for  points on potential surface
Scheme 3

Table 1: Total Energies, Hartrees (energies relative to 1, kcal/mol) and first order stationary points [transition wavenumber, cm-1] for insertion of Pd(PH3)2 into substituted haloalkynes.

R-CC-Hal

RHF/3-21G*

RHF/DZVP

RB3LYP/DZVP

R

Hal

Stationary point

E (DE )

Stationary point

E (DE )

Stationary point

E (DE )

H

F

1

-5771.4516 (0)

1

-5797.7672 (0)/-6032.0060a

1

-5802.5714 (0) {6038.5230}a

 

 

2

-5771.3991 (32.9) [486.4]

2

-5797.6765 (56.9)/[541.0] {-6031.9293 (48.2)}a

2

-5802.5271 (27.8) {-6038.4894 (21.1)}a

 

 

3

-5771.4790 (-17.2)

3

-5797.7611 (-3.8)

3

-5802.5834 (-7.5)

H

Cl

1

-6129.9664 (0)

1

-6157.7692 (0)

1

-6162.8895 (0)

 

 

2

-6129.9337 (20.5) [382.5]

2

-6157.7099 (37.21) [465.3]

2

-6162.8671 (14.07) [195.8]

 

 

3

-6130.0123 (-28.8)

3

-6157.7835 (-9.0)

3

-6162.9161 (-16.7)

H

Br

1

-8232.8362 (0)

1

-8270.2062 (0)

1

-8276.4155 (0)

 

 

2

-8232.8255 (6.7) [260.2]

2

-8270.1619 (27.80) [346.3]

2

-8276.4038 (7.33) [109.4]

 

 

3

-8232.8923 (-35.2)

3

-8270.2303 (-15.1)

3

-8276.4502 (-21.8)

H

I

1

-12560.4793 (0)

1

-12615.4775 (0)

1

-12622.5911 (0)

 

 

2

-

2

-12615.4473 (19.0) [265.5]

2

-12622.5867 (2.75) [62.7]

 

 

3

-12560.5280 (-30.6)

3

-12615.5030 (-16.0)

3

-12622.6270 (-22.5)

NO2

F

1

-5973.7081 (0)

1

-6001.2184 (0)

1

-6007.0821 (0) [-6007.0796]b

 

 

4

-

4

-6001.2124 (3.77) [153.4]

4

-

 

 

5

-5973.7470 (-24.4)

5

-6001.2318 (-8.4)

5

-6007.1271 (-28.2)

 

 

6

-

6

-

6

[-6007.0772]b

 

 

7

-

7

-6001.1880 (19.1)

7

-6007.0759 (3.9) [-6007.0967 (-10.8)]b

 

 

8

-

8

-

8

[-6007.0895]b

 

 

2

-5973.6910 (10.7) [375.2]

2

-6001.1645 (33.82) [478.8]

2

-6007.0660 (10.10) [328.3]

 

 

3

-5973.7551 (-29.5)

3

-6001.2284 (-6.3)

3

-6007.1082 (-16.4) [-6007.1277 (-30.2)]b

CN

F

1

-5862.6693 (0)

1

-5889.4958 (0)

1

-5894.8206 (0)

 

 

5

-5862.6910 (-13.6)

5

-5889.4980 (-1.38)

5

-5894.8543 (-21.2)

 

 

2

-5862.6374 (20.02) [405.3]

2

-5889.4276 (42.80) [498.8]

2

-5894.7956 (15.69) [376.3]

 

 

3

-5862.7091 (-25.0)

3

-5889.5028 (-4.4)

3

-5894.8442 (-14.8)

NH2

F

1

-5826.1742 (0)

1

-5852.7885 (0)

1

-5857.9280

 

 

2

-5826.1241 (31.4) [442.6]

2

-5852.7048 (52.5) (488.12cm-1)

2

-5857.8866 (26.0) [286.2]

a Results for R'=Me (PMe3). b COSMO Solvation model with geometry optimisation, using LOOSE convergence criteria.

Table 2: Total Energies, Hartrees (energies relative to 1, kcal/mol) and transition states 2 [transition wavenumber, cm-1] for insertion of Pd(PH3)2 into aryl fluorides

R-aryl-F

RB3LYP/DZVP

R

 

E/Hartree, gas phase.

E/Hartree, COSMO

H

1

-5957.5279 (0)

-5957.5331

 

2

-5957.4622 (41.2) [360.7]

-5957.4691 (40.2)

Cr(CO)3

1

-7341.9547 (0)

-7341.9592

 

7

a

optimises to 1 or 3a

 

2

-7341.8909 (40.0) [322.4]

-7341.8987 (37.8)

 

3

-7341.9335 (13.4)

[-7341.9516 (4.7)]a

2-NO2

1

-6162.0548 (0)

-6162.0629

 

7

a

- [-6162.0267 (22.7)]a

 

2

-6162.0101 (28.1) [296.4]

-6162.0159 (29.4)

4-NO2

1

-6162.0661 (0)

-6162.0738

 

2

-6162.0096 (35.5) [336.2]

-6162.0178 (35.1)

2,4-NO2

1

-6366.5868 (0)

-6366.5892

 

7

a

- [-6366.5747 (9.1)]a

 

2

-6366.5520 (21.8) [278.0]a

-6366.5605 (18.0)

 

3

[-6366.5785 (5.2)]a

[-6366.5957 (-4.1)]a

2-CN

1

-6049.7744 (0)

-6049.7801

 

7

a

optimises to 1 or 3a

 

2

-6049.7180 (35.5) [341.5]

-6049.7219 (36.5)

4-CN

1

-6049.7778 (0)

-6049.7861

 

2

-6049.7188 (37.02) [343.9]

-6049.7258 (37.8)

a Geometry optimised (to LOOSE tolerances) with COSMO model. Geometry not locatable with gas phase model