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Table S1. Single-point energies (in kcal/mol) at SMD(toluene)/M06-2X/6-311++G(d,p) level,
based on the optimized geometries at different levels of theory.
O Me
N
N N O
Boc Me Boc
Cl N
N Me
Br R 1 Ph
Pre_Cat O
CHO + O
R3 N
N DABCO(1.5 equiv)
CH3
toluene
R2
-10°C, 12h
G
60.0 kcal/mol Re_TS2
52.8
Re_TS2d
40.0 36.1
Re_TS2w
Re_TS1 29.2
20.0 Re_IM1
17.6
13.5
0.0 Cat+R1+R2
0.0
O O O
N N N
N 1 N Mes N 1 N Mes N 1 N Mes
1.171 1.356 2 4 1.221 2 4
1H 4 1H 1H
2 1.411 5 1.491 5
3O 5 Ph Ph
Ph R3N O3 H O ' O3
1.333 Br Br 1.020 H ' Br
1.574
Re_TS2 Re_TS2d Re_TS2w
Fig.S2 Free energy profiles of the RR-, RS- and SR-configurational pathways. The solvation-
corrected relative free energies at SMD(toluene)/M06-2X/6-311++G(d,p) level are given in
kcal/mol.
20.0 G
kcal/mol
TS3(RS)
TS3(RR) 13.5
TS3(SR)
12.0 10.9
10.0 TS5(RR)
8.3
Cat+R1+R2
0.0
0.0
HBr
Re_IM2+R2
-3.2 TS4(RS)
-10.0 -10.4
TS5(RS)
-13.8 TS6(SR)
-15.6
TS4(SR) IM5(RR) TS6(RR)
IM3(RS) -13.4 -19.2 -16.1
-21.2 IM4(RR)
-20.0 IM3(SR) -22.1
-21.6 TS4(RR) HBr IM5(SR) TS6(RS)
-20.6 -22.4 -19.8
IM3(RR) IM4(SR)
-24.4
-27.3 HBr IM5(RS)
-30.0
-27.1
IM4(RS)
-34.3
-40.0 P(R&S)
-42.5
Fig. S3 Superposition of the optimized geometry R2 (magenta) with the corresponding R2-parts in
TS3(SS)/TS3(SR) (cyan).
Fig. S4 Superposition of the optimized geometry Re-IM2 (yellow) with the corresponding Re-
IM2-parts in TS3(SS)/TS3(SR) (cyan).
TS3(SS) TS3(SR)
Fig.S5 Comparison between Br− (left) and DABCO (right) assisted deprotonation. The solvation-
corrected relative free energies at SMD(toluene)/M06-2X/6-311++G(d,p) level are given in
kcal/mol.
G G
kcal/mol TS5(RR) kcal/mol
10.0 8.3 10.0
TS5d(RS)
2.2 TS5d(RR)
1.4
0.0 0.0
Cat+R1+R2 Cat+R1+R2
0.0 0.0
TS5(RS) DABCO TS5d(SS)
-10.0 -13.8 -10.0 -2.4
IM4(RR) IM4(RR)
-20.0 -22.1 TS5(SS) -20.0 -22.1
-14.9
Br
IM4(SS) IM4(SS)
-30.0 -28.0 -30.0 -28.0
IM4(RS) IM4(RS)
-34.3 -34.3
-40.0 -40.0
Cartesian coordinates
DABCO
R1
R2
Cat
Re_TS1
Si_TS1
Re_IM1
Si_IM1
Re_TS2
Re_TS2d
Re_TS2w
Re_TS22w
Re_IM2
TS3(RR)
TS3(RS)
TS3(SR)
TS3(SS)
IM3(RR)
IM3(RS)
IM3(SR)
IM3(SS)
TS4(RR)
TS4(RS)
H 0.01263500 -2.55984900 -1.25902100
TS4(SR)
TS4(SS)
IM4(RR)
IM4(RS)
IM4(SR)
IM4(SS)
TS5(RR)
TS5(RS)
TS5(SS)
IM5(RR)
IM5(RS)
IM5(SR)
IM5(SS)
TS6(RR)
TS6(RS)
TS6(SR)
TS6(SS)
P(R)
P(S)