Abstract
The regioselectivity of hydroacylation mediated by transition metal and organocatalyst has been and continues to be one of the most challenging questions in the synthesis field. To explore the possible mechanisms and origin of the regio-/enantioselectivity, the density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed for studying intramolecular hydroacylation-Stetter reaction of alkynyl bisbenzaldehyde catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC). Computational results show that the hydroacylation process was the rate-determining step and irreversible. Four different stereoisomers (RR, RS, SR, and SS) were considered and the lowest energy mode agreed with the reported enantioselectivity in experiment. Global reaction index (GRI) analysis showed that NHC catalyst can convert alkynyl bisbenzaldehyde electrophilic carbonyl carbon into nucleophilicity to initiate the reaction. Moreover, electron localization function (ELF) and intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC) analyses were performed to characterize the manner difference between the process of hydroacylation and Stetter reaction.
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