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Force-Induced Catastrophes on Energy Landscapes: Mechanochemical Manipulation of Downhill and Uphill Bifurcations Explains the Ring-Opening Selectivity of Cyclopropanes.
The mechanochemistry of ring-opening reactions of cyclopropane derivatives turns out to be unexpectedly rich and puzzling. After showing that a rare so-called uphill bifurcation in the case of trans-gem-difluorocyclopropane turns into a downhill bifurcation upon substitution of fluorine by chlorine, bromine, and iodine in the thermal activation limit, the dichloro derivative is studied systematically in the realm of mechanochemical activation. Detailed exploration of the force-transformed potential energy surface of trans-gem-dichlorocyclopropane in terms of Dijkstra path analysis unveils a hitherto unknown topological catastrophe where the global shape of the energy landscape is fundamentally changed. From thermal activation up to moderately large forces, it is an uphill bifurcation that decides about dis- versus conrotatory ring-opening followed by separate transition states along both pathways. Above a critical force, the two distinct transition states merge to yield a single transition state such that the decision about the dis- versus conrotatory ring-opening process is taken at a newly established downhill bifurcation. The discovery of a force-induced qualitative change of the topology of a reaction network vastly transcends the previous understanding of the ring-opening reaction of this species. It would be astonishing to not discover a wealth of such catastrophes for mechanochemically activated reactions, which will greatly extend the known opportunities to manipulate chemical reaction networks.
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