Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
Volume 359, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119368
Keywords
Ion solvation; Theoretical calculation; Copper catalysis; Cross-coupling; DLPNO-CCSD(T); Nucleophilic fluorination
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This study provides relevant data on the structure of CuF species in solution and the corresponding solvation thermodynamics, as well as the coordination states and solvation free energy of Cu+ and Ag+ ions in acetonitrile. The results reveal the tricoordinate structure of Cu+ and Ag+ ions, the dissociative mechanism for ligand exchange, and the predominant tricoordinate complex of CuF. The results suggest that CuF may play an important role in copper catalyzed fluorination in acetonitrile solution.
The CuF species in acetonitrile solution is a potential intermediate in copper catalyzed fluorination. In the process, different species such as Cu+, Ag+, CuF and AgF could be involved. The objective of this work is to provide relevant data on the structure of these species in solution phase, as well as the corresponding solvation thermodynamics to better understand the equilibrium for formation of CuF. To attain this goal, ab initio Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics method and cluster-continuum quasichemical approach were used. It was found that Cu+ and Ag+ ions are tetracoordinated by acetonitrile molecules, being possible to observe the release of one coordinated acetonitrile to the solution to form a tricoordinate structure, suggesting a dissociative mechanism for ligand exchange. The CuF species was found to form a predominant tricoordinate complex, with copper coordinated to two acetonitrile molecules. The AgF species have presented more labile ligand feature, with silver ion interconverting between bi-and tricoordinate structure, involving coordination to one and two acetonitrile molecules, respectively. The solvation free energy calculated for Cu+ and Ag+ are in good agreement with available experimental data. The present results indicate that CuF can be easily formed from dissolved AgF and Cu+ species in acetonitrile solution. Consequently, CuF could play an important role in copper catalyzed fluorination.(C) 2022 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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