Title of article :
Impact of Lewis acid catalyst on the regioselectivity and kinetics of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of azidobenzene with acrolein: a theoretical study using DFT
Author/Authors :
Shams, F Chemistry Department - Shahrood Branch - Islamic Azad University, Shahrood , Emamian, S. R Chemistry Department - Shahrood Branch - Islamic Azad University, Shahrood , Zahedi, E. Chemistry Department - Shahrood Branch - Islamic Azad University, Shahrood
Abstract :
In the present work, impact of Lewis acid (LA) catalysts BF3, BCl3, and BBr3 on the kinetics and
regioselectivity of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (1,3-DC) reaction between azidobenzene and acrolein
was theoretically studied using B3LYP/6-31G* level. Our results indicate while the uncatalyzed 1,3-
DC reaction under investigation takes place via a non-polar, non-regioselective, and low
asynchronous process, the LA catalyzed 1,3-DC reaction takes place via a polar, regioselective, and
high asynchronous process. In addition, the barrier height of the studied 1,3-DC reaction is
considerably reduced in the presence of LA catalysts, and the catalytic activity of LAs in order to
increase the electrophilicity character of acrolein and, consequently, to reduce barrier height of
reaction, is increased with the increase of halogen atom size; BBr3> BCl3> BF3. Regioselectivity in
these LA catalyzed 1, 3-DC reactions appears to be controlled by steric repulsion effects between the
LA catalyst and the azide phenyl substituent instead of the electronic effects.
Keywords :
1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition , Azidobenzene , Acrolein , regioselectivity , DFT reactivity indexes , Parr functions
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
