Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200, USA.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, 162 Sciences Drive, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Dec 22;59(1):98-101. doi: 10.1039/d2cc05865k.
The electronic structures and contrasting reactivity of [Cu(CF)] and [Cu(CF)(CH)] were probed using coupled cluster and valence bond calculations. The Cu-C bonds in these complexes were found to be charge shift bonds. A key finding is that electrostatics likely prevent [Cu(CF)] from accessing a productive transition state for C-C bond formation while promote one for [Cu(CF)(CH)]. These results therefore highlight essential design criteria for Cu-mediated C-C/C-heteroatom bond formation.
使用耦合簇和价键计算方法研究了[Cu(CF₅)]和[Cu(CF₅)(CH₃)]的电子结构和对比反应性。这些配合物中的 Cu-C 键被发现是电荷转移键。一个关键的发现是,静电作用可能阻止[Cu(CF₅)]进入有利于 C-C 键形成的有效过渡态,而有利于[Cu(CF₅)(CH₃)]。因此,这些结果突出了铜介导的 C-C/C-杂原子键形成的基本设计标准。