A Proton Magnetic Resonance Study of Ligand Exchange on Tetrakis(tetramethylthiourea)zinc(II) Ion
The rate of ligand exchange on the tetrakis(tetramethylthiourea) zinc(II) ion, determined by 1H N.M.R. methods, in CD2Cl2 solution is found to be independent of free-tetramethylthiourea concentration. This is consistent with a dissociative ligand-exchange mechanism being operative. Typically for a solution in which [Zn{S=C(NMe2)2}42+] and [S=C(NMe2)2] were 0�00101 and 0�00376 respectively, kex(200 K) = 16�0�0.6 s-1, ΔH‡ = 64�9�O.8 kJ mol-1 and ΔS‡ = 106�4 J K-1 mol-1 where the observed ligand-exchange rate is given by rate = 4kex[Zn {S=C(NMe2)2}42+] The preparations of [Zn(O=CHNMe2)6](ClO4)2, [Zn{O=CMe(NMe2)}6](Cl04)2, and [Zn{O=C- (NMe2)2}4](ClO4)2 are also reported. The rate of ligand exchange upon these three species in CD2Cl2 solution was found to be in the fast-exchange limit of the N.M.R. time scale.