Phosphato complexes of cobalt(III). III. Hydrolysis reactions in perchloric acid media
Rates of hydrolysis of phosphato complexes of oobalt(111) in perchloric acid media ranging from 10-3 to 11.4M have been measured by the rates of release of phosphate from 32P-labelled phosphato complexes. First-order rate behaviour is exhibited under all conditions and half-times range from hours to minutes within the range 45-70�. Bidentate phosphato complexes exhibit the same rates of hydrolysis as the corresponding monodentate complexes due to a rapid conversion of the bidentate into the monodentate form. Rate constants have been measured for three distinct protonated complexes (PI, P2, P3). At 60� these rate constants, expressed in the order of aquo-tetraammine, -penhammine, and ?bisethylenediamine complexes, are PI: 74.0, 1.20, 5.5 X 10-3 min-1; P2: 2.5, 1.20, 0.40 x 10-3 min-1; P3: 20.0, 9.0, 5.5 x 10-3 min-1. A tetraprotonated complex (P4) is incompletely generated even in 11.4M HClO4 where observed rate constants at 60� are 8.2, 3.4, 7.0 x 10-2 min-1 respectively. Intramolecular hydrogen bonding is considered important in the P1 and P2 species, especially in the cis-aquophosphato complexes. The rate of hydrolysis of P3 complexes is linearly dependent on the activity of the water solvent consistent with a mechanism involving SN2 attack of water at a cobalt(111) centre. The P4 complex is considered to hydrolyse via an SNICA mechanism.