Table 1. Energetic spans a and experimental yields of alkyne carbohalogenation and carbamoylation of substrates 3 and 4 bearing an amide tether moiety.
| Entry | Ligand | Substrate | X | R | Δr G | δE | Yield of 5 (ref. 15) |
| 1 | PtBu3 | 4a | Cl | TIPS | –21.9 | 28.9 | 0% (16%) b |
| 2 | PtBu3 | 4b | Cl | Mes | –15.5 | 45.0 | — |
| 3 | PA-Ph | 4a | Cl | TIPS | –25.8 | 29.8 | — |
| 4 | PA-Ph | 3a | Cl | TIPS | –14.0 | 10.0 | 99% |
| 5 | PtBu3 | 3a | Cl | TIPS | –10.8 | 16.4 | 12% |
| 6 | PtBu3 | 3b | Cl | Mes | –2.9 | 38.9 | 0% |
a Energetic spans (in kcal mol–1) were calculated according to δE = G(TDTS) – G(TDI) + Δr G (with G(TDTS) = Gibbs free energy of turnover-determining TS, G(TDI) = Gibbs free energy of turnover-determining intermediate, Δr G = Gibbs free energy of reaction), at the CPCM (toluene) M06L/def2-TZVP//B3LYP/6-31G(d)(LANL2DZ) level of theory.
b Reaction was conducted using stoichiometric amounts of Pd and was heated at 100 °C for 24 h.