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Theoretical Study of the Diels-Alder Reactions of Lewis Base-Stabilized Borabenzenes with Dienophiles

WANG Yan1,2, FANG De-Cai1*, LIU Ruo-Zhuang1   

    1. College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
    2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
  • Received:2007-07-11 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-05-10 Published:2008-05-10
  • Contact: FANG De-Cai

Abstract: Density functional theory(DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory were employed to study the mechanism and the potential energy surface of Diels-Alder reactions between Lewis base stabilized borabenzene and dienophiles. The solvent effect and substituent effect were also considered. The results indicate that some of the reactions take place in a simple concerted way, while other reactions will form an intermolecular complex first and then proceed through a concerted transition state to obtain final products. The studies on the solvent and substituent effects reveal that the CH2Cl2 solvent will elevate the activation barriers, while CO2Me or CN groups on C atom of acetylene or ethylene may lower the activation barriers considerably. The Diels-Alder reactions forming one C—B bond and one C—C bond are always more favorable than the corresponding Diels-Alder reactions forming two C—C bonds, both thermodynamically and kinetically, which is in agreement with experimental observation.

Key words: Borabenzene, Diels-Alder reaction, Reaction mechanism, Density functional theory

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