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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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The geometry-optimised structures in Table 3.1 reveal that the molecular structures <strong>of</strong><br />

all the complexes are similar as far as planarity, bond length and bond angles are<br />

concerned. The calculated data for the PtCl and pyPhenPtCl analogues are in good<br />

agreement with those reported in literature for corresponding complex ions<br />

[Pt(terpy)Cl] + and [Pt(pyphen)Cl] + , where pyphen = 2-(2'-pyridyl)-1,10-<br />

phenanthroline. 23,33<br />

The DFT-calculations reveal that in the pyPhenPtCl complex, the HOMO molecular<br />

orbitals <strong>of</strong> the complex are delocalised over both metal and ligand centres, whereas the<br />

LUMO is localised on the phen ligand, the metal and chlorine atom, with essentially no<br />

contribution from the lateral pyridine ring (Figure 3.1). This is consistent with the fact<br />

that the phen moiety is a better π-acceptor than pyridine, a fact that is supported by<br />

having the lowest value for ΔE (Table 3.1). Compared to PtCl, the pyPhenPtCl has a<br />

more delocalised π-system which is a result <strong>of</strong> the extra fused ring in the pyphen ligand.<br />

This leads to favourable overlap <strong>of</strong> the dπ orbitals <strong>of</strong> the metal and π*-orbitals <strong>of</strong> ligands<br />

in pyPhenPtCl. The DFT-calculated HOMO in CH3PhisoqPtCl shows only the Pt (5d)<br />

character. This picture reveals that the metal centre is more electron-rich when<br />

compared to CH3PhPtCl. This effect can only be due to the presence <strong>of</strong> the isoquinoyl<br />

moiety. This is supported by the DFT-calculations, which shows that CH3PhisoqPtCl<br />

complex has the highest HOMO-LUMO energy gap and the least positive (NBO) charge at<br />

the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centre as seen in Table 3.1.<br />

3.3.2 Kinetic Measurements<br />

Substitution <strong>of</strong> coordinated chloride (Equation 1) from each <strong>of</strong> the four square planar<br />

platinum(<strong>II</strong>) complexes was investigated using a series <strong>of</strong> neutral sulphur-donor<br />

nucleophiles, viz. TU, DMTU and TMTU, as well as ionic nucleophiles, namely I ¯, Br ¯ and<br />

SCN ¯ , under pseudo first-order conditions using the stopped-flow technique.<br />

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