Author, as appears in the article.: Wahlers, Jessica; Margalef, Jessica; Hansen, Eric; Bayesteh, Armita; Helquist, Paul; Dieguez, Montserrat; Pamies, Oscar; Wiest, Olaf; Norrby, Per-Ola
Department: Química Física i Inorgànica
URV's Author/s: Diéguez Fernández, Montserrat / Margalef Pallarès, Jèssica / Pamies Ollé, Oscar
Keywords: Stereochemistry Prediction Palladium Molecular mechanics Molecular analysis Mechanics Ligand Follow up Experimental study Enantiomer Drug synthesis Conformational transition Chemistry Catalysis Article Amination
Abstract: The palladium-catalyzed enantioselective allylic substitution by carbon or nitrogen nucleophiles is a key transformation that is particularly useful for the synthesis of bioactive compounds. Unfortunately, the selection of a suitable ligand/substrate combination often requires significant screening effort. Here, we show that a transition state force field (TSFF) derived by the quantum-guided molecular mechanics (Q2MM) method can be used to rapidly screen ligand/substrate combinations. Testing of this method on 77 literature reactions revealed several cases where the computationally predicted major enantiomer differed from the one reported. Interestingly, experimental follow-up led to a reassignment of the experimentally observed configuration. This result demonstrates the power of mechanistically based methods to predict and, where necessary, correct the stereochemical outcome. © 2021, The Author(s).
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Author's mail: oscar.pamies@urv.cat montserrat.dieguez@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-2352-8508 0000-0002-8450-0656
Record's date: 2025-02-24
Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Paper original source: Nature Communications. 12 (1): 6719-
APA: Wahlers, Jessica; Margalef, Jessica; Hansen, Eric; Bayesteh, Armita; Helquist, Paul; Dieguez, Montserrat; Pamies, Oscar; Wiest, Olaf; Norrby, Per-Ola (2021). Proofreading experimentally assigned stereochemistry through Q2MM predictions in Pd-catalyzed allylic aminations. Nature Communications, 12(1), 6719-. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27065-2
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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