摘要/Abstract

采用DFT方法对Ir（Ⅲ）螯合物催化乙醚硅氢化生成乙烷和乙基硅醚的反应展开理论研究.反应中[H-Ir-H]，[H-Ir-Si]，[Ir（HSiEt₃）]和[Et₃Si-Ir-（H）₃]化合物均为可能的负氢来源.理论研究表明[H-Ir-H]化合物是最优势的负氢来源.通过扭曲-相互作用能分析，发现其他三种可能的负氢来源不优势的原因在于HSiEt₃或SiEt₃基团对铱中心的络合.更为重要的，我们发现[H-Ir-H]化合物中适中的Ir-H键解离能，小位阻以及SiEt₃对醚的络合而产生的促进作用共同使得[H-Ir-H]化合物上的负氢转移相对优势.
关键词: 硅氢化, 铱, 负氢, 螯合物, 密度泛函理论
The hydrosilylative reduction with silane is a popular defunctionalization strategy to convert biomass into chemicals and energies because of the mild reaction conditions. Among these, the reduction of C-O bond is particularly important because of its application in sugar biomass reduction. The (C₆F₅)₃ B/silane catalytic system has been frequently used in the reduction of C-O bonds in the past years. However, Brookhart et al. reported alkyl ethers reduction by using Ir(Ⅲ) pincer catalyst and reductant HSiEt₃. This work provides a novel hydrosilylation catalyst for C-O reduction and an effective method for sugar biomass deoxygenation. According to the previous mechanistic proposals on similar Ir catalysed hydrosilylation reactions, the iridium dihydride complex, iridium silyl hydride complex, silane adduct iridium complex and iridium silyl trihydride complex might possibly act as the hydride source. We carried out the theoretical study on Brookhart's Ir(Ⅲ) Pincer Complex/HSiEt₃ catalyzed hydrosilylation reaction of EtOEt yielding ethane and EtOSiEt₃. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations in our study indicate that the iridium dihydride complex is the best hydride source. Our calculation result is consistent well with experimental observations in Brookhart's experiment. For example, the phenomenon that adding iridium dihydride complex into the reaction system increases the reaction rate is understandable because the complex is involved in the rate-determining step. From the Distortion/Interaction analysis, we found that hydride transfer steps on the other three possible hydride sources are disfavoured by the HSiEt₃/-SiEt₃ group (derived from HSiEt₃) bonded with Ir center. The iridium silyl hydride complex is unfavourable because the Ir-H bond is strengthened and the pincer ligand is distorted. For the silane adduct iridium complex, the coordination of HSiEt₃ destabilizes iridium complex intermediate for entropy increases and trans effect, and destabilizes the related transition state by damaging its pincer ligand. Further, the corresponding hydride transfer transition state from iridium silyl trihydride is highly unstable and Si-H bond always reform automatically. What's more important, the moderate bond dissociation energy of Ir-hydride, small steric hindrance and the promotion effect of SiEt₃ group coordination with ether all facilitate the hydride transfer on the iridium dihydride complex.
Key words: hydrosilylation, iridium, hydride, pincer, DFT


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