Computational study on the bond dissociation enthalpies in the enolic and ketonic forms of beta-diketones: their influence on metal-ligand bond enthalpies.
A computational study on the thermodynamic properties of 13 beta-diketones is presented. The B3LYP//6-311+G(2d,2p)//B3LYP/6-31G(d) theoretical approach was employed to compute the O-H and C-H bond dissociation enthalpies and enthalpy of tautomerization and to estimate standard gas-phase enthalpies of formation for the radicals and for the parent molecules. The gas-phase enthalpies of formation for the neutral molecules are in excellent agreement with available experimental data, supporting the estimates made for the radicals. The latter are very important for the clarification of the thermochemistry of many beta-diketonato metal complexes previously reported in the literature. Importantly, when substituents R = -CHR' are attached to the beta-diketone's scaffold, C-H homolytic bond cleavage is always favored with respect to O-H bond scission.
Gomes
José R B
JR
Centro de Investigação em Química, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, P-4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
da Silva
Manuel A V Ribeiro
MA
D003198:Computer Simulation; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
D007659:Ketones; D008024:Ligands; D010984:Platinum