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Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

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PEt 3<br />

PEt 3<br />

R<br />

PEt 3<br />

Pt<br />

Pt<br />

Y<br />

Y<br />

Cl<br />

R<br />

Cl<br />

PEt 3<br />

Figure 2.10: The steric effect on the trigonal bipyramidal intermediate <strong>of</strong> the cis<br />

position relative to leaving group.<br />

32<br />

34 This is dependent on the ground-state<br />

trans<br />

C<br />

H 3<br />

PEt 3<br />

cis<br />

isomer in comparison to trans-isomer. 34<br />

Another reason for the retardation <strong>of</strong> rate <strong>of</strong> substitution as the size <strong>of</strong> the ligand<br />

increases is the orientation. X-ray crystallography and molecular models show that the<br />

orientation <strong>of</strong> the aromatic ring <strong>of</strong> the R ligand lies perpendicular to the plane <strong>of</strong> the<br />

molecule. This causes the o-methyl substituents on the phenyl ring to lie above and<br />

below the plane <strong>of</strong> molecules effectively blocking the site <strong>of</strong> attack on the platinum<br />

metal centre (Figure 2.11). 6,26,35,<br />

Pt<br />

Figure 2.11: Geometry <strong>of</strong> an aryl square-planar complex showing the ortho-<br />

substituents block the site <strong>of</strong> attack. 6,26,35<br />

Steric effect also may cause mechanistic-changer over to a dissociative mechanism as a<br />

result <strong>of</strong> the favourable change from square-planar to a three-coordinate, T-shaped<br />

intermediate, 7 and is only more probable when two bulky groups occupy the cis<br />

CH 3<br />

Pt<br />

Pt<br />

PEt 3<br />

PEt 3<br />

PEt 3<br />

Y<br />

Cl<br />

Y<br />

Cl<br />

#<br />

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