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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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7.2 Experimental Section .................................................................................................................................... 4<br />

7.2.1 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> compounds Pt (EnPt-DecPt) ........................................................................... 5<br />

7.2.2 Physical measurements ............................................................................................................... 7<br />

7.2.3 Computational Details .................................................................................................................. 7<br />

7.2.4 Preparation <strong>of</strong> aqueous complex solutions ........................................................................ 8<br />

7.2.8 pKa titrations <strong>of</strong> the diaqua complexes ................................................................................ 9<br />

7.2.6 Kinetic Measurements .................................................................................................................. 9<br />

7.3 Results ............................................................................................................................................................... 10<br />

7.3.1 DFT Calculations ........................................................................................................................... 10<br />

7.3.2 Acidity <strong>of</strong> the diaqua complexes ........................................................................................... 13<br />

7.3.3 Kinetics ......................................................................................................................................................... 15<br />

7.3.4 Activation parameters ............................................................................................................... 24<br />

7.4 Discussion ....................................................................................................................................................... 25<br />

7.4.1 pKa <strong>of</strong> the diaqua complexes ................................................................................................... 25<br />

7.4.2 Substitution process ................................................................................................................... 26<br />

7.5 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................................... 28<br />

7.6 References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………30<br />

7.7 Appendix 7………………………………………………………………………………………………………...34<br />

Chapter 8<br />

<strong>Tuning</strong> <strong>Reactivity</strong> <strong>of</strong> platinum(<strong>II</strong>) complexes: A Kinetic and Mechanistic<br />

Investigation into Substitution Behaviour <strong>of</strong> Mono- and Dinuclear <strong>Platinum</strong>(<strong>II</strong>)<br />

<strong>Complexes</strong>.………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…1<br />

Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1<br />

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