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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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k obs , s -1<br />

0.00030<br />

0.00025<br />

0.00020<br />

0.00015<br />

0.00010<br />

0.00005<br />

SCN<br />

TU<br />

DMTU<br />

TMTU<br />

0.00000<br />

0.000 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.010<br />

[NU]/ mol dm -3<br />

Figure 2.3: Typical plots <strong>of</strong> the pseudo first-order rate constants, kobs versus. the<br />

concentration <strong>of</strong> the entering nucleophiles for the substitution reaction <strong>of</strong> a dinuclear<br />

Pt(<strong>II</strong>) complex at 298 K in aqueous solution.<br />

In Equations 2.12 and 2.13, the second-order rate constant, k2, signifies the direct<br />

nucleophilic attack on the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centre by the incoming nucleophile (Y), while the k-2<br />

term represents the existence <strong>of</strong> a slow back reaction or parallel reaction due to<br />

solvolysis. The ratio <strong>of</strong> k2/k-2 represents the equilibrium constant, Keq, which can be<br />

checked thermodynamically.<br />

The two possible mechanistic pathways for associatively-activated substitution<br />

reactions at the Pt(<strong>II</strong>) centre given by the two-term rate law in Equation 2.13 are<br />

summarized in Scheme 2.2. The solvolysis pathway follows first-order kinetics and is<br />

independent <strong>of</strong> the concentration <strong>of</strong> the nucleophile (Y).<br />

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