Ivan Mitrichev*, A. John Blacker, Michael Chapman, Yuji Kawakami, Mikhail Vasilev, Gert Goltz, Anna Podobedova, Antonia Borissova and Eleonora Koltsova,
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Abstract
DFT calculations were done to investigate the kinetic mechanism of benzaldehyde transfer hydrogenation using [Cp*IrCl2]2 complexes in isopropyl alcohol in the presence of potassium tert-butoxide. Predicted energy barriers provide evidence that the inner-sphere (IS) mechanism (effective barrier 53.0 kJ/mol) is favored over the outer-sphere (OS) and Meerwein–Pondorf–Verley (MPV) mechanisms. Reaction kinetics was studied using both homogeneous and immobilized Cp*Ir complexes as catalysts. A mathematical model was developed to simulate the transfer hydrogenation of benzaldehyde on these catalysts, accounting for possible mass transfer limitations for the immobilized catalyst. A microkinetic model was constructed using both our density functional theory calculations and fitting of the kinetic parameters of catalyst activation and deactivation reactions. The simulation results predict that only about a quarter of Ir immobilized complexes are involved in the reaction, and this is the main reason for the observed higher activity of the homogeneous catalyst. The activity of the immobilized catalyst was found to be related to the hydride species concentration, which is a function of the base concentration. The results suggest that the amount of base has a drastic effect on the immobilized catalyst activity.
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry A is devoted to reporting new and original experimental and theoretical basic research of interest to physical chemists, biophysical chemists, and chemical physicists.