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Computational tools for mechanistic discrimination in the reductive and metathesis coupling reactions mediated by titanium(IV) isopropoxide

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A theoretical study has been carried out at the B3LYP/LANL2DZ level to compare the reactivity of phenyl isocyanate and phenyl isothiocyanate towards titanium(IV) alkoxides. Isocyanates are shown to favour both mono insertion and double insertion reactions. Double insertion in a head-to-tail fashion is shown to be more exothermic than double insertion in a head-to-head fashion. The head-to-head double insertion leads to the metathesis product, a carbodiimide, after the extrusion of carbon dioxide. In the case of phenyl isothiocyanate, calculations favour the formation of only mono insertion products. Formation of a double insertion product is highly unfavourable. Further, these studies indicate that the reverse reaction involving the metathesis of N,N′-diphenyl carbodiimide with carbon dioxide is likely to proceed more efficiently than the metathesis reaction with carbon disulphide. This is in excellent agreement with experimental results as metathesis with carbon disulphide fails to occur. In a second study, multilayer MM/QM calculations are carried out on intermediates generated from reduction of titanium(IV) alkoxides to investigate the effect of alkoxy bridging on the reactivity of multinuclear Ti species. Bimolecular coupling of imines initiated by Ti(III) species leads to a mixture of diastereomers and not diastereoselective coupling of the imine. However if the reaction is carried out by a trimeric biradical species, diastereoselective coupling of the imine is predicted. The presence of alkoxy bridges greatly favours the formation of the d,l (±) isomer, whereas the intermediate without alkoxy bridges favours the more stable meso isomer. As a bridged trimeric species, stabilized by bridging alkoxy groups, correctly explains the diastereoselective reaction, it is the most likely intermediate in the reaction.

Computational studies carried out at the B3LYP/LANL2DZ level throw light on the contrasting reactivity of isocyanates and isothiocyanates towards titanium(IV) alkoxides. While both mono and double insertion reactions are feasible with isocyanates, only the mono insertion reaction appears to be thermodynamically feasible with isothiocyanates. Multilayer calculations are also performed on multinuclear titanium intermediates in diastereoselective coupling reactions initiated by low valent titanium species. These studies clearly predict that the coupling of a trinuclear titanium complex involvng alkoxy bridges gives rise to diastereoselective coupling. Non bridged forms and dimeric species would not result in the observed diastereoselectivity.

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AGS thanks the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi for the award of a research grant and AK gratefully acknowledges for Post Doctoral Fellowship from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Authors also thank Prof. ED Jemmis, Dr. S De and Dr. S Dinda and M Thenraj for their help and suggestions. Thanks are also due to Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC) of IISc for computational facilities.

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KUMAR, A., SAMUELSON, A.G. Computational tools for mechanistic discrimination in the reductive and metathesis coupling reactions mediated by titanium(IV) isopropoxide. J Chem Sci 124, 1343–1352 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-012-0333-2

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