Chiral-at-Tungsten Dioxo Complexes─A Computational Study on Inhibiting Racemization
George Dhimba1, Alfred Muller1, Koop Lammertsma1,2
1Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.
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Chiral cis-WO2(acac)2 and cis-WO2(nacnac)2 complexes racemize via four pathways according to DFT calculations at ωB97X-D/6-311+G(2d,f) with LANL2DZ for W and with inclusion of acetonitrile solvent. Steric congestion by N-Me and N-Ph substitution of the two nacnac ligands has a substantial geometrical impact and raises the barriers for all pathways. Despite this, even all N-Me and all N-Ph substituted derivatives of cis-WO2(nacnac)2 have the same four channels for racemization. For each of these complexes, the Dhimba-Muller-Lammertsma (DML) twist is preferred over the Conte-Hippler (CH) twist and significantly favored over the established Bailar (B) and Ray-Dutt (RD) twists. The favored DML barrier for WO2(nacnac)2Ph4 has a large estimated ΔG barrier of 25.7 kcal/mol, suggesting it to be a viable chiral-at-tungsten complex for asymmetric catalysis.
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