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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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third step due to the trans-effect <strong>of</strong> the S-donor ligands. All the complexes exhibited this<br />

step.<br />

5.3.4 Kinetic Measurements with Thiourea Nucleophiles<br />

The substitution reactions <strong>of</strong> coordinated aqua ligands from pzn, pmn, pdn, qzn and<br />

pht (Scheme 5.4) by S-bonding nucleophile, TU, DMTU and TMTU were studied<br />

spectrophotometrically by following the change in absorbance at suitable wavelengths<br />

(supporting information Table S1) as a function <strong>of</strong> time. A typical kinetic trace recorded<br />

for the reaction between qzn (0.17 mM) and TU (16.9 mM) at an ionic strength <strong>of</strong> 0.10<br />

M (NaClO4) by the stopped-flow is shown in Figure 5.5a. The data obtained were fitted<br />

to a single exponential model and gave values kobs (1 st ) for the first steps. The observed<br />

rate constant values <strong>of</strong> the successive second kobs(2 nd ) and the third kobs(3 rd ) steps were<br />

obtained by UV-Vis spectrophotometric technique. Typical kinetic traces <strong>of</strong> the second<br />

and third step recorded for qzn are shown in Figure 5.5b. By fitting the data<br />

successively to a single exponential model, we obtained the values for pseudo first-order<br />

rate constants for the second and third steps, respectively.<br />

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