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Revisiting the Effect of f-Functions in Predicting the Right Reaction Mechanism for Hypervalent Iodine Reagents
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- To understand the effect of f-functions in predicting the right reaction mechanism for hypervalent iodine reagents, we adopt the Ahlrichs basis set family def2-SVP and def2-TZVP to revisit the potential energy surfaces of IBX-mediated oxidation and Togni I's isomerisation. Our results further prove that f-functions (in either Pople, Dunning, or Ahlrichs basis set series) are indispensable to predict the correct rate-determining step of hypervalent iodine reagents. The f-functions have a significant impact on the predicted reaction barriers for processes involving the I-X (X = O, OH, CF$_3$, etc.) bond cleavage and formation, e.g. in the reductive elimination step or the hypervalent twist step. We furthermore explore two hypervalent twist modes that account for the different influences of f-functions for IBX and Togni I. Our findings may be helpful for theoretical chemists to appropriately study the reaction mechanism of hypervalent iodine reagents.<br />Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures
- Subjects :
- Physics - Chemical Physics
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2005.09831
- Document Type :
- Working Paper