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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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density is located on the metal centre, which makes the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centre less electrophilic<br />

and less acidic. This is supported by the shortening <strong>of</strong> the Pt–Ndiamine bond lengths and<br />

the reduction in the NBO charges on the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centres as the chain length <strong>of</strong> the linker<br />

increases across the series (Table 7.1).<br />

Compared to the mononuclear analogues: cis-[Pt(NH3)3H2O] 2+ (pKa = 6.37) 51 the pKa<br />

values (5.31-6.22) for most <strong>of</strong> the investigated dinuclear complexes are slightly lower.<br />

As already explained, the inductive effect <strong>of</strong> the linker and a higher overall charge <strong>of</strong> +4<br />

on the Pt atom are the reasons for the lower pKa values <strong>of</strong> the dinuclear complexes<br />

compared with the +2 charged mononuclear analogues. By increasing the chain length <strong>of</strong><br />

the system, the individual metal centre environment approaches that <strong>of</strong> the<br />

mononuclear analogue. These findings are in agreement with reports by Farrell and co-<br />

workers 43 and van Eldik and his group. 30 Changing the position <strong>of</strong> the water ligand from<br />

trans- to cis- has little or no effect, if at all, on the value <strong>of</strong> the pKa <strong>of</strong> Pt-metal complex,<br />

shown in Table 7.2 where the values <strong>of</strong> cis and trans- counterparts 26 are compared.<br />

7.4.2 Substitution Process<br />

Comparing the general reactivity, using the TU nucleophile as a reference, the second-<br />

order rate constants for the first step lie in the range 5.0 ± 0.1 ≥ k2,1 st ≥ 2.6 ± 0.02 M -1 s -1,<br />

progressively decreasing marginally from EnPt to DecPt. The difference in reactivity can<br />

be attributed to the decrease in the overall effect <strong>of</strong> charge additions experienced by the<br />

metal centre and σ–donicity <strong>of</strong> the coordinated alkanediamine linker in these<br />

complexes. 26, 29,52<br />

The retardation <strong>of</strong> the rate <strong>of</strong> substitution in the first step, on increasing the<br />

alkanediamine chain length from EnPt up to DecPt, is attributed to the strong σ-donor<br />

ability <strong>of</strong> the (CH2)n moiety, which causes accumulation <strong>of</strong> the electron density at the<br />

metal centre. 52,53 This decelerates the substitution process by making the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centre<br />

more electronegative or less electrophilic. The σ-inductive effect does not only prevent<br />

the approach <strong>of</strong> the nucleophile, but also through the accumulation <strong>of</strong> electron density at<br />

the metal centre suppresses the stabilization <strong>of</strong> the transition state, which slows down<br />

the substitution reaction. Consistent with this view is that the pKa and HOMO-LUMO<br />

energy gap values <strong>of</strong> the ground state <strong>of</strong> the dinuclear Pt(<strong>II</strong>) complexes increase on<br />

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