Abstract:
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to study the mechanism and potential energy surface of the addition reactions between stannenes and some nucleophilic reagents (H
2O, MeOH and PhOH), and the influence of substituents at Sn or C atoms of Sn=C double bond on the potential energy surface was investigated. The results demonstrated that the monomer, dimer or trimer of H
2O or MeOH may behave as nucleophilic reagent toward stannenes, while only the monomer of PhOH can react with stannenes. The electron-withdrawing or electron-donating groups at Sn atom of Sn=C double bond can lower or elevate the Gibbs free energies of activation, respectively.However, the effects of substituents at C atom are just the reverse. The addition reactivity of three nucleophilic reagents involves in this research arranges as follows: MeOH > H
2O > PhOH.