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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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a coupled temperature control unit. All data were graphically analysed using the Origin<br />

5.0 ® 30 graphical analysis s<strong>of</strong>tware package.<br />

3.2.3 Computational Modelling<br />

Ground-state electronic structures calculations <strong>of</strong> CH3PhPtCl, CH3PhisoqPtCl,<br />

pyPhenPtCl as well as PtCl were optimized, as cations <strong>of</strong> +1 charge in gas phase, by the<br />

density functional theory (DFT) method using Spartan `04 for Windows ® . The functional<br />

used throughout this study was the B3LYP, 31 a non-local hybrid exchange functional<br />

defined by Becke’s three parameter equation, utilizing LACVP** (Los Alamos Core<br />

Valence Potentials) 32 pseudo-potential basis set.<br />

3.3 Results<br />

3.3.1 Computational Analysis<br />

Computational modelling <strong>of</strong> the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) complexes, in gaseous phase, were determined in<br />

order to help explain the kinetic trends observed and the influence <strong>of</strong> the molecular<br />

structures as well as the electronic properties <strong>of</strong> the complexes on the observed<br />

reactivity. An extract <strong>of</strong> the geometry optimized structures <strong>of</strong> the complexes CH3PhPtCl,<br />

pyPhenPtCl, CH3PhisoqPtCl and PtCl are shown in Figure 3.1. A summary <strong>of</strong><br />

corresponding properties <strong>of</strong> the frontier molecular orbitals: HOMO-LUMO energies, NBO<br />

atomic charges, and bond lengths and angles are presented in Table 3.1<br />

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