Domingo, L.R.; Ríos Gutiérrez, M.; Castellanos Soriano, J. Understanding the Origin of the Regioselectivity in Non-Polar [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions through the Molecular Electron Density Theory. Organics2020, 1, 19-35.
Domingo, L.R.; Ríos Gutiérrez, M.; Castellanos Soriano, J. Understanding the Origin of the Regioselectivity in Non-Polar [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions through the Molecular Electron Density Theory. Organics 2020, 1, 19-35.
Domingo, L.R.; Ríos Gutiérrez, M.; Castellanos Soriano, J. Understanding the Origin of the Regioselectivity in Non-Polar [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions through the Molecular Electron Density Theory. Organics2020, 1, 19-35.
Domingo, L.R.; Ríos Gutiérrez, M.; Castellanos Soriano, J. Understanding the Origin of the Regioselectivity in Non-Polar [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions through the Molecular Electron Density Theory. Organics 2020, 1, 19-35.
Abstract
The regioselectivity in non-polar [3+2] cycloaddition (32CA) reactions has been studied within the Molecular Electron Density Theory (MEDT) at the B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level. To this end, the 32CA reactions of nine simplest three-atom-components (TACs) with 2-methylpropane were selected. The electronic structure of the reagents has been characterised through the Electron Localisation Function (ELF) and the Conceptual DFT. The energy profiles of the two regioisomeric reaction paths and ELF of the transition state structures are studied to understand the origin of the regioselectivity in these 32CA reactions. This MEDT study permits to conclude that the least electronegative ends X1 atom of these TACs controls the asynchronicity in the C-X (X = C,N,O) single bond formation, and consequently, the regioselectivity. This behaviour is a consequence of the fact that the creation of the non-bonding electron density required for the formation of the new CX single bonds has a lesser energetic cost at the least electronegative X1 atom than that at the Z3 one.
Keywords
non-polar [3+2] cycloaddition reactions; regioselectivity; molecular electron density theory; electronegativity
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
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