Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 2303.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20120015

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Theoretical Studies on the Reaction Mechanism of the Cyclization and Dehydrogenation of Open Metallocene

LIU Nan-Nan, DING Yi-Hong   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
  • Received:2012-01-06 Online:2012-10-10 Published:2012-09-12
  • Contact: Yi-hong Ding E-mail:yhdd@jlu.edu.cn

Abstract:

We investigated the reaction mechanism of producing(η5-C5H5)2Ru from(η5-C5H7)2Ru by theoretical calculations using density functional theory (DFT) method at the M06-2X/def2-TZVPP//B3LYP/def2-TZVPP+ZPE level. Firstly, a η5-C5H7 of (η5-C5H7)2Ru undergoes the cyclization by the carbon-carbon bond formation and produces (η3-C5H7)Ru(η5-C5H7), then, after the two steps of hydrogen migration, dehydrogenation occurs and produces (η5-C5H5)Ru(η5-C5H7). Subsequently, the other η5-C5H7 repeats the cyclization, hydrogen migration and dehydrogenation. Finally, the (η5-C5H5)2Ru is obtained.

Key words: Open metallocene, Cyclization, Reaction mechanism, Density functional theory

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