Figure 1.
Comparison of DFT-computed barriers for Ni(0)-catalyzed C–I oxidative addition, employing dppm as the ligand. Free energies in toluene are in kcal/mol and were calculated under the M06/def2-TZVPP-SMD(toluene)//B3LYP-D3(BJ)/def2-SVP-SMD(toluene) level of theory.