Issue 14, 2023

The role of attractive dispersion interaction in promoting the catalytic activity of asymmetric hydrogenation

Abstract

As an essential van der Waals interaction, the dispersion interaction is an important weak attractive interaction. However, the influence of the weak attractive interactions has only recently been elucidated in transition metal catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenations by the Wanbin Zhang group. Our IGM/EDA analysis proves Zhang's finding that attractive interactions play an important role in asymmetric hydrogenation, which provides new strategies for the sophisticated design of chiral transition metal catalysts. The dispersion interaction is the major weak attractive interaction that activates the asymmetric hydrogenations by favorable interactions of substrate and metal catalyst.

Graphical abstract: The role of attractive dispersion interaction in promoting the catalytic activity of asymmetric hydrogenation

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
03 mar 2023
Accepted
17 jun 2023
First published
19 jun 2023

Org. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 3485-3490

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The role of attractive dispersion interaction in promoting the catalytic activity of asymmetric hydrogenation

L. Yang, B. Li and K. N. Houk, Org. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 3485 DOI: 10.1039/D3QO00332A

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