DFT Mechanistic Investigation on Manganese Pincer Complex Catalysed Cross-Coupling of Methanol with Benzyl Alcohol to Afford Methyl Benzoate
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL(2023)
摘要
In this paper the density functional theory (DFT) method was employed to investigate the cross-coupling of methanol with benzyl alcohol to afford methyl benzoate, catalysed by Mn-PNN pincer complex. The whole reaction process mainly includes three stages: the dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde, the coupling of benzaldehyde with methanol to hemiacetal and the dehydrogenation of hemiacetal to methyl benzoate. The calculated results indicated that two dehydrogenation processes are influenced by two competitive mechanisms of inner and outer spheres. Dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde is the rate-determining step of the whole reaction, with the energy barrier of 22.1 kcal/mol. In addition, the regeneration of catalyst is also extremely important. Compared with direct dehydrogenation, the dehydrogenation mode assisted by formic acid is more advantageous. This work might provide theoretical insights and shed light on the design of cheap transition-metal catalysts for the dehydrogenation reaction.
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cross-coupling, dehydrogenation, DFT, manganese complex, reaction mechanism
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