A dash of protons: A theoretical study on the hydrolysis mechanism of 1-substitued silatranes and their protonated analogs
Ab initio calculations were carried out to study the hydrolysis mechanism of 1-substituted silatranes in the presence of an acid (acid-catalyzed) and an additional water (water-assisted). Compared with the neutral hydrolysis mechanism involving one water, use of an acid catalyst reduces the barrier associated with the rate-limiting step by approximate to 14 kcal/mol. A modest decrease of approximate to 5 kcal/mol is predicted when an additional water molecule is added to the neutral hydrolysis mechanism involving one water. The combination of an acid catalyst and an additional water molecule reduces the barrier by approximate to 27 kcal/mol. Bond order analysis suggests ring cleavage involving the bond breaking of a siloxane and silanol group during the neutral and acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of 1-substituted silatranes. respectively. Solvent effects, represented by the PCM continuum model, do not qualitatively alter computational gas-phase results. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Research Organization:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358
- OSTI ID:
- 1044800
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J 7678
- Journal Information:
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Journal Name: Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Journal Issue: 1 May 2012 Vol. 987; ISSN 2210-271X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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