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acetylmethionine, which reported that the release of the aliphatic chain occurred within 5.0 h of the reaction. Since the nucleophilicity of thiourea is higher than that of methionine, the release of bridge in 1,1/t,t dinuclear complexes should have occurred within the ca. 1500 min, time window used in the study. Substitution reactions with the sterically hindered nucleophiles DMTU and TMTU show a clear dependence on the steric bulkiness of the nucleophiles. The most sterically hindered nucleophile TMTU reacts significantly slower than the less hindered TU, which means the associative bond formation process in the trigonal-bipyramidal transition state is less favoured. The mode of activation remains associative in nature throughout the studied systems, since the activation enthalpy change, ∆H ≠, is positive and large, while activation entropy change, ∆S ≠ , is large and negative for all cases. 55-57 7.5 Conclusion In this study, the effect of increasing the alkanediamine chain length in the [{cis– Pt(NH3)2OH2}2–μ–NH2(CH2)nNH2] +4 complexes was investigated. It was found that the reactivity of the dinuclear Pt(II) complexes with S-donor nucleophiles decreased with elongation of the length of (CH2)n moiety between the Pt(II) centres. This is ascribed to the decrease in the in-space electrostatic interactions between the two Pt(II) centres, which becomes weaker as the chain–length is increased further. In addition, an increase in the σ-inductive effect through the introduction of the alkanediamine bridge results in accumulation of the electronic density at Pt(II) centre, which makes the metal centre less electrophilic. This results in higher pKa values of the coordinated aqua ligands and also slows down the substitution reaction on going from EnPt to DecPt by repelling the incoming thiourea nucleophiles. The results from the 1 H and 195 Pt NMR studies support the kinetic data clearly showing the two substitution processes, which involves an initial simultaneous displacement of the aqua ligands by thiourea followed by the release of the ammine trans to the bound sulphur to form the final product [{cis–Pt(TU)2NH3}2–µ–NH2(CH2)nNH2] +4. In addition, the results reveal that the alkanediamine linker remained interact during the reaction 28
with S-donor nucleophiles. This finding concurs with the results reported by Farrell and his group. 31(a), 33, 48 Compared to the dinuclear complexes containing the rigid aromatic linkers, viz. diazines 17, 18 and dipyridyl ligands 14 , whose results have been reported elsewhere in the earlier works by our group (Chapters 4, 5 & 6 of this study), it is demonstrated that the dinuclear complexes comprising of rigid aromatic linkers are relatively unstable and readily disintegrate to liberate the diamine bridge by sulphur donor nucleophiles. Taken together, the current results suggest that the cis-dinuclear complexes with α,ω- alkanediamine show high stability to strong S-donor nucleophiles that are present in human cells and play an important role in biological reactions. It can therefore be concluded that these compounds are likely to be more stable as anti-tumour drugs. The substitution process remains associative in nature, which is supported by the large negative ΔS ≠ values calculated from the temperature-dependent studies of the reactions. 29
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acetylmethionine, which reported that the release <strong>of</strong> the aliphatic chain occurred within<br />
5.0 h <strong>of</strong> the reaction. Since the nucleophilicity <strong>of</strong> thiourea is higher than that <strong>of</strong><br />
methionine, the release <strong>of</strong> bridge in 1,1/t,t dinuclear complexes should have occurred<br />
within the ca. 1500 min, time window used in the study.<br />
Substitution reactions with the sterically hindered nucleophiles DMTU and TMTU show<br />
a clear dependence on the steric bulkiness <strong>of</strong> the nucleophiles. The most sterically<br />
hindered nucleophile TMTU reacts significantly slower than the less hindered TU, which<br />
means the associative bond formation process in the trigonal-bipyramidal transition<br />
state is less favoured.<br />
The mode <strong>of</strong> activation remains associative in nature throughout the studied systems,<br />
since the activation enthalpy change, ∆H ≠, is positive and large, while activation entropy<br />
change, ∆S ≠ , is large and negative for all cases. 55-57<br />
7.5 Conclusion<br />
In this study, the effect <strong>of</strong> increasing the alkanediamine chain length in the [{cis–<br />
Pt(NH3)2OH2}2–μ–NH2(CH2)nNH2] +4 complexes was investigated. It was found that the<br />
reactivity <strong>of</strong> the dinuclear Pt(<strong>II</strong>) complexes with S-donor nucleophiles decreased with<br />
elongation <strong>of</strong> the length <strong>of</strong> (CH2)n moiety between the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centres. This is ascribed to<br />
the decrease in the in-space electrostatic interactions between the two Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centres,<br />
which becomes weaker as the chain–length is increased further. In addition, an increase<br />
in the σ-inductive effect through the introduction <strong>of</strong> the alkanediamine bridge results in<br />
accumulation <strong>of</strong> the electronic density at Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centre, which makes the metal centre<br />
less electrophilic. This results in higher pKa values <strong>of</strong> the coordinated aqua ligands and<br />
also slows down the substitution reaction on going from EnPt to DecPt by repelling the<br />
incoming thiourea nucleophiles.<br />
The results from the 1 H and 195 Pt NMR studies support the kinetic data clearly showing<br />
the two substitution processes, which involves an initial simultaneous displacement <strong>of</strong><br />
the aqua ligands by thiourea followed by the release <strong>of</strong> the ammine trans to the bound<br />
sulphur to form the final product [{cis–Pt(TU)2NH3}2–µ–NH2(CH2)nNH2] +4. In addition,<br />
the results reveal that the alkanediamine linker remained interact during the reaction<br />
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