The Adaptative Modulation of the Phosphinito-Phosphinous Acid Ligand: Computational Illustration Through
Romain Membrat1, Tété Etonam Kondo1, Alexis Agostini1
1Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Med, ISM2, Marseille, France.
Abstract:
The phosphinito-phosphinous acid ligand (PAP) is a singular bidentate-like self-assembled ligand exhibiting dissymmetric but interchangeable electronic properties. This unusual structure has been used for the generation of active palladium hydride through alcohol oxidation. In this paper, we report the first theoretical highlight of the adaptative modulation ability of this ligand within a direct H-abstraction path for Pd and Pt catalyzed alcohol oxidation. A reaction forces study revealed rearrangements in the ligand self-assembling system triggered by a simple proton shift to promote the metal hydride generation via concerted six-center mechanism. We unveil here the peculiar behavior of the phosphinito-phosphinous acid ligand in this catalysis.
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