Computational chemistry
Volcano plots for homogeneous Suzuki catalysts
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Linear scaling of Suzuki intermediates yields volcano plots that place Ni/Pd/Pt near the top and coinage metals on the wrong slope.
Study at a glance
- Design
- Computational / modelling — DFT free-energy scaling relations and volcano plots for a Suzuki catalytic cycle across ML2 complexes
- N
- Homogeneous-catalysis computational screen — no sample N
- Population
- ML2 catalyst models in a Suzuki coupling cycle
- Outcome
- Scaling relationships identifying near-ideal oxidative-addition energetics
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Key findings
The cycle free energy is −67.9 kcal mol−1; an ideal oxidative addition is −11.3 kcal mol−1. Pd(PMe3)2 sits near the ideal line, Pd(CO)2 is too weakly bound (−5.9), and Pd(NH3)2 is overbound (−44.0). Group 10 metals outperform Cu, Ag, and Au. Intermediate 3 vs 2 scales with R2 = 0.98.
Methodology
Authors computed a Suzuki catalytic cycle for many ML2 complexes, built linear free-energy scaling relations among intermediates, and plotted −ΔG(pds) versus a descriptor intermediate as in heterogeneous catalysis.
Limitations
The volcano is thermodynamic screening, not a full kinetic microkinetic model or a newly synthesized catalyst; barriers and solvent sampling are secondary.
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Linear scaling of Suzuki intermediates yields volcano plots that place Ni/Pd/Pt near the top and coinage metals on the wrong slope.
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Functional choice and static vs dynamics treatments change spin states, barriers and spectra; agreement on one molecule does not transfer automatically.
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Functional choice and static vs dynamics treatments change spin states, barriers and spectra; agreement on one molecule does not transfer automatically.
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