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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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dinuclear Pt(<strong>II</strong>) complexes to release the bridging ligand and form [Pt(TU)4] 2+ . This<br />

could only be achieved in presence <strong>of</strong> excess added thiourea and its derivatives. The<br />

results <strong>of</strong> temperature-dependence measurements are in agreement with expectations<br />

for d 8 square-planar Pt(<strong>II</strong>) complexes. All the values for the entropies <strong>of</strong> activation are<br />

largely negative and support an associative mode <strong>of</strong> substitution mechanism.<br />

In Chapter 5, the work in chapter 4 was extended to include rigid diazine-bridged<br />

dinuclear Pt(<strong>II</strong>) complexes <strong>of</strong> the type [{cis–Pt(NH3)2(H2O)}2–μ–z] +4, (z = diazine<br />

heterocyclic ring like pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine and related benzodiazines, which<br />

differ in the relative disposition <strong>of</strong> the two Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centres. A comparison <strong>of</strong> the second<br />

order rate constants, k2(1 st /2 nd ), at 25 °C, obtained for consecutive substitution <strong>of</strong> the<br />

aqua ligands shows the reactivity <strong>of</strong> the complexes decreases as the Pt---Pt distance<br />

decreases from being para to each other in pzn to ortho disposition in pdn. This<br />

demonstrates that the steric effect increases with decreasing Pt---Pt distance among the<br />

diazine complexes.<br />

The effect <strong>of</strong> increasing or decreasing the electron density <strong>of</strong> the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centre is also<br />

visible in the pKa values, which is attributed to π-resonance properties <strong>of</strong> the diazine<br />

linkers and the relative longer distances between the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centres. In comparison the<br />

benzodiazine bridged complexes qzn and pht have better π-acceptor characteristics<br />

relative to pmn and pdn. The net result is that the Pt-metal <strong>of</strong> qzn is more<br />

electropositive and as such is more reactive than pmn as a result <strong>of</strong> the stronger π-<br />

backbonding <strong>of</strong> the diazine ring system. But the N=N bond in phthalazine (pht) ligand is<br />

strongly electron-withdrawing from the introduced aromatic ring. This makes it a net σ-<br />

inductive electron donor. Hence, the σ-donicity <strong>of</strong> the pht-bridge causes the opposite<br />

effect, by making the metal centre for pht more electronegative or less electrophilic than<br />

the rest <strong>of</strong> the complexes. As such it is the least reactive.<br />

1H NMR spectroscopy was applied to study the reactions <strong>of</strong> pzn–Cl and aqua pdn<br />

complexes with thiourea. The stability <strong>of</strong> the chloro complex was higher than was<br />

measured for the aqua complex. 1H and 195Pt NMR studies again revealed the release <strong>of</strong><br />

linker and the formation <strong>of</strong> the corresponding PtS4 units in the third step. At pH 2.0, this<br />

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