Issue 37, 2009

Hard/soft selectivity in ligand substitution reactions of β-diketonateplatinum(II) complexes

Abstract

The reactivity of platinum(II) complexes of the type [PtCl(O,O′-acac)(L)] (1) and [Pt(O,O′-acac)(γ-acac)(L)] (2) (L = DMSO, a; DMS, b), with a range of hard and soft nucleophiles such as dimethylsulfide (DMS, b), triphenylphosphine, (PPh3, c), ethylene2-C2H4, d), carbon monoxide (CO, e), pyridine (py, f), and guanosine (Guo, g) has been investigated. Interestingly, the complexes 1a and 1b undergo selective substitution of the chloro or sulfur ligand depending on the hard/soft character of the incoming nucleophile. The soft incoming ligand replaces the softer one and the hard ligand replaces the harder one, giving [PtCl(O,O′-acac)(L)] complexes (1b, 1c, 1d and 1e in the reaction of 1a with L = DMS, PPh3, η2-C2H4, CO, respectively), and [Pt(O,O′-acac)(DMSO)(L′)] (3f, 3g) and [Pt(O,O′-acac)(DMS)(L′)] (4f, 4g) species in the reaction of 1a and 1b with L′ = py and guo, respectively. In the cases of 2a and 2b complexes, where the σ-bonded acac (γ-acac) replaces the chloro ligand, only in the presence of an incoming soft nucleophile substituting the soft sulfur ligand the reaction occurs. Equilibrium constants for the substitution reactions were measured by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Variable temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy studies, performed for the reaction of 1a and 2a complexes with DMS, revealed that the selective substitution of DMSO with DMS takes place in both cases, according to a second-order kinetic law. The calculated values of ΔH and ΔS are consistent with an associative mechanism. NMR spectroscopic characterization (1H, 13C, 195Pt, 31P) for the complexes and crystal structures of isolated complexes ([PtCl(O,O′-acac)(L)] (1) and [Pt(O,O′-acac)(γ-acac)(L)] (2), L = DMSO, 1a and 2a; L = DMS, 1b and 2b; L = PPh3, 1c and 2c) are herein reported and discussed.

Graphical abstract: Hard/soft selectivity in ligand substitution reactions of β-diketonate platinum(II) complexes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 May 2009
Accepted
07 Jul 2009
First published
31 Jul 2009

Dalton Trans., 2009, 7786-7795

Hard/soft selectivity in ligand substitution reactions of β-diketonate platinum(II) complexes

S. A. De Pascali, P. Papadia, S. Capoccia, L. Marchiò, M. Lanfranchi, A. Ciccarese and F. P. Fanizzi, Dalton Trans., 2009, 7786 DOI: 10.1039/B909209A

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