Abstract
β-Heteroatom and β-hydrogen eliminations of the model complexes [L2PdCH2CH2X]+ (L2 = H2PCH2CH2PH2; X = halides, OMe, OH, OAc) were studied using density function theory calculations at the B3LYP level. Our calculations indicate that for the complexes where X = Cl, Br, and I β-heteroatom eliminations are thermodynamically and kinetically more favorable. For the complexes where X = F, OH, OMe, and OAc, β-hydrogen elimination is kinetically more favorable than β-heteroatom elimination. However, the products (hydride-olefin complexes) formed from the kinetically favorable β-hydrogen elimination are thermodynamically unstable relative to the pre-eliminated species (Pd-alkyl containing a β-X to metal dative bond). Implications of these results on the palladium-catalyzed reactions have been discussed.
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