Abstract

AbstractThe self‐catalyzed addition of a chiral vicinal diamine with two isobutyraldehyde molecules and the subsequent diaza‐Cope rearrangement between two diimines were investigated systematically by M06‐2X method in conjunction with the 6‐311+G(d) basis set. Our theoretical model shows that, 1) the solvent‐free coupling of the vicinal diamine and isobutyraldehyde molecules produces a relative stable compounds with an imidazolidine‐dihydro‐1,3‐oxazine fused ring instead of imine intermediates; 2) the assistance of a yielded water molecule can significantly decrease the free‐energy barriers of the ring‐recombination and ring‐opening processes by borrowing a hydrogen atom from it; 3) the two addition processes with the free‐energy barriers of 150.0 and 159.0 kJ/mol, respectively, and the successive formation of the five‐membered ring with a barrier of 164.1 kJ/mol control the whole reaction system.

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