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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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differences in the pKa values due to electrostatic forces can be assumed to be<br />

insignificant. Consequently, a single pKa value is obtained for the two water molecules in<br />

all cases. This corroborates the reports by Jaganyi et al. 26 and Davies et al. 44 Hence; the<br />

overall process can be presented by Scheme 7.3.<br />

NH 3<br />

NH 3<br />

Pt NH 2<br />

OH 2<br />

n<br />

NH 3<br />

NH 2 Pt NH 3<br />

OH 2<br />

where<br />

n = 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8<br />

4+<br />

+ 2OH -<br />

15<br />

K a1<br />

NH 3<br />

NH 3<br />

Pt NH 2<br />

OH<br />

NH 3<br />

NH 2 Pt NH 3<br />

Scheme 7.3: Proposed mechanism for simultaneous deprotonation <strong>of</strong> the aqua<br />

ligands for the pH dependence <strong>of</strong> the dinuclear Pt(<strong>II</strong>) complexes<br />

The data in Table 7.2 indicates that the pKa values increase from 5.34 to 6.01 as the<br />

number <strong>of</strong> the (CH2)n groups <strong>of</strong> the alkanediamine bridge increases from PropPt to<br />

HexPt, whereas the pKa values for the latter complexes HexPt, OctPt and DecPt with<br />

longer bridges remain statistically constant. Also included for comparison purposes in<br />

Table 7.2 are the pKa values <strong>of</strong> the related trans-isomers, 26 which shows that no<br />

difference exists between the cis and the trans complexes with respect to deprotonation<br />

<strong>of</strong> the coordinated aqua ligand.<br />

7.3.3 Kinetics<br />

Substitution <strong>of</strong> the coordinated aqua ligands from each <strong>of</strong> the six Pt(<strong>II</strong>) complexes<br />

(Scheme 7.1) by three different thiourea nucleophiles i.e. thiourea (TU), N,N-dimethyl-2-<br />

thiourea (DMTU), and N,N,N,N-tetramethyl-2-thiourea (TMTU), was investigated under<br />

pseudo first-order conditions using conventional stopped-flow and UV–Vis<br />

spectrophotometric techniques. Two separate reaction steps were observed. The first<br />

step involves simultaneously substitution <strong>of</strong> the two water ligands since the coordinated<br />

water ligands are equivalent in nature. 45<br />

The second slower step is ascribed to substitution <strong>of</strong> the labilised ammine (NH3) ligand<br />

at the trans position to TU, as a result <strong>of</strong> the strong trans effect <strong>of</strong> sulphur atom from TU,<br />

and also due to the stronger trans-labilisation <strong>of</strong> the S-donor nucleophiles following its<br />

n<br />

OH<br />

2+<br />

+ 2H 2 O

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