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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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7.3 Results<br />

7.3.1 DFT Calculations<br />

The optimised structures are given in Figure 7.1 and a complete list <strong>of</strong> the calculated<br />

results, including the Natural atomic Bond Order (NBO) charges, bond lengths and<br />

angles is recorded in Table 7.1. The data shows that the d 8 Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centre adopts a<br />

distorted square planar coordination geometry with an average bite angle, trans OH2–<br />

Pt–NH3, <strong>of</strong> 178 °C and cis H2O–Pt–NH2diamine <strong>of</strong> 84.2 °C. In addition, the “even” complexes<br />

EnPt, ButPt, HexPt, OctPt and DecPt adopt C2h symmetry, while a C2v symmetry is<br />

adopted for PropPt.<br />

It is seen from the data in Table 7.1 and Figure 7.3 that the energies <strong>of</strong> HOMO and LUMO<br />

frontier orbitals increase proportionately with the length <strong>of</strong> the aliphatic chain, whereas<br />

ΔE values follow the order EnPt < PropPt < ButPt < HexPt > OctPt > DecPt. This trend<br />

is a result <strong>of</strong> the differential σ-donation <strong>of</strong> electron density towards the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centre<br />

created by the introduction <strong>of</strong> the alkanediamine bridge. The σ-donation <strong>of</strong> electron<br />

density increases with increasing HOMO and LUMO orbital energy levels, while its σ-<br />

inductive effect towards the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) atoms lessens on increasing the chain length <strong>of</strong> the<br />

aliphatic bridge further. The overall effect <strong>of</strong> increasing the alkanediamine chain is that<br />

the HOMO–LUMO energy gap increases to a maximum at HexPt before it starts to<br />

decrease with respect to OctPt and DecPt. A similar trend is observed when looking at<br />

rate <strong>of</strong> reduction <strong>of</strong> the NBO charges. The results indicate that after the (CH2)n group (n<br />

= 6), the interaction between the two Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centres decreases significantly which, in<br />

turn, is accompanied by a decrease in electrophilicity <strong>of</strong> the metal centre.<br />

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