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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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3.5 Conclusion<br />

This study has demonstrated that the lability <strong>of</strong> the chloride from the complexes<br />

pyPhenPtCl, PtCl, CH3PhPtCl and CH3PhisoqPtCl, is strongly influenced by the<br />

strength <strong>of</strong> the π-backbonding through the extended π-conjugation <strong>of</strong> tridentate (N, N,<br />

N) ligand around the metal centre. The slower reactivity <strong>of</strong> CH3PhisoqPtCl is attributed<br />

to the net σ-donor <strong>of</strong> the isoquinoline ligand, which is in the cis-position to the leaving<br />

group that effectively decreases the electrophilicity <strong>of</strong> the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centre by aiding<br />

accumulation <strong>of</strong> the electron density at the metal centre. The results are clearly<br />

supported by the DFT- calculations for NBO charges and HOMO-LUMO energy gap. It can<br />

therefore be anticipated that in complex systems where the isoquinoline moiety is on<br />

the trans-position to the leaving group, an increase in reactivity is likely to occur due to<br />

ground state destabilisation <strong>of</strong> the transition state as a result <strong>of</strong> trans-effect. 22 The<br />

negative values for ΔS ≠ and dependence <strong>of</strong> the second-order rate constants on<br />

concentration <strong>of</strong> the nucleophiles support the associative mechanism that involves a<br />

five-coordinate transition state strongly dominated by bond making.<br />

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