SambVca: A Web Application for the Calculation of the Buried Volume of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

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作者
Poater, Albert [1 ]
Cosenza, Biagio [2 ]
Correa, Andrea [1 ]
Giudice, Simona [1 ]
Ragone, Francesco [1 ]
Scarano, Vittorio [2 ]
Cavallo, Luigi [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Salerno, Dept Chem, I-84084 Fisciano, Italy
[2] Univ Salerno, Dipartimento Informat & Applicaz, I-84084 Fisciano, Italy
关键词
Density functional calculations; Homogeneous catalysis; N-Heterocyclic carbenes; Carbene ligands; Buried volumes; Ligand effects; Steric hindrance; MOLECULAR MECHANICS MODEL; PALLADIUM/IMIDAZOLIUM SALT SYSTEMS; OLEFIN METATHESIS CATALYSTS; SOLID ANGLES; PHOSPHINE-LIGANDS; NHC LIGANDS; STEREOELECTRONIC PARAMETERS; ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS;
D O I
10.1002/ejic.200801160
中图分类号
O61 [无机化学];
学科分类号
070301 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We present a free web application for the calculation of the buried volume (% V-Bur) of NHC ligands. The web application provides a graphic and user-friendly interface to the SambVca program, developed for the calculation of % V-Bur values not only of NHC ligands but also of other classic organometallic ligands such as, for example, phosphanes and cyclopentadienyl-based ligands. To provide a reliable procedure for the calculation of % V-Bur values we tested our approach in the interpretation of the binding energies of NHC ligands in Cp*Ru(NHC)Cl complexes in terms of steric and electronic parameters. ((c) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2009)
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页码:1759 / 1766
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