A kinetic study of the reactions of dimethyl sulfide bridged tetramethylplatinum(II) and octamethylplatinum(IV) complexes with dimethyl sulfide and bidentate ligands
Kinetics for the reactions of [1] [PtIV2Me8 (μ - SMe2 )2] + 2 Me 2S kf<-->kd 2[PtIVMe4 (SMe2 ) 2] [2] [PtII2Me4 (μ - SMe2 )2] + 2 Me 2S kf--> 2[PtIIMe2(SMe2 ) 2 ] and [3] [PtIV2Me8 (μ - SMe2 ) 2 ] + 2NN --> 2 [PtIVMe4 (NN)]+2Me2S where NN = bipy or 4,4'-Me2-bipy, have been studied at various temperatures and pressures. Reaction [3] was shown to consist of the rapid conversion of the dimer to a monomer and the much slower subsequent substitution of the dimethyl sulfide with bidentate ligand NN: [PtIV2Me8 (μ - SMe2 )2] + 2 Me 2S <--> 2 [PtIVMe4 (SMe2 ) 2 ] and [PtIVMe4(SMe2)2] + NN --> [PtIVMe4(NN)] + 2 Me2S The rate constants and activation parameters for the reactions are as follows: kf = 3.16 ± 0.06 M-1 s-1 (25°C), Δ H doubledaggerf= 51.8 ± 1.7 kJ mol-1, Δ S doubledaggerf= -61.0 ± 5.8 J mol-1 K-1, kd = 1.18 ± 0.22 M-1 s-1 (25°C), Δ H doubledaggerd= 65 ± 22 kJ mol-1, Δ S doubledaggerd= -26 ± 73 J mol-1 K-1 for reaction [1] in n-hexane; kf = 6.68 ± 0.06 M-1 s-1 (25°C), Δ H doubledaggerf= 58.0 ± 3.1 kJ mol-1, Δ S doubledaggerf= -34.5 ± 10.5 J mol-1 K-1, Δ V doubledaggerf= -10.7 ± 1.3 cm3 mol-1 for reaction [2] in dichloromethane; k2 = (7.09 ± 1.89) x 10-4 M-1 s-1, Δ H doubledagger2= 95 ± 21 kJ mol-1, and Δ S doubledagger2= 18 ± 70 J mol-1 K-1, Δ V doubledagger2= 9 ± 9 cm3 mol-1 for reaction [3] with bipy, and k1 = (1.10 ± 0.10) x 10-2 s-1, k3/k-1 = (4.33 ± 0.30) x 10-2, and k2 = (6.09 ± 1.35) x 10-4 M-1 s-1 for reaction [3] with 4,4'-Me2-bipy. It was shown that reactions [1] and [2] proceed nucleophilically without any intermediates, and reaction [3] proceeds through a mainly k2 path for NN = bipy and through both k1 and k2 paths for NN = 4,4'-Me2-bipy, without appreciable participation of the direct reaction between the dimer and NN as shown by the following reaction scheme.Key words: octamethylplatinum(IV) dimer, tetramethylplatinum(II) dimer, reaction mechanism, high-pressure kinetics.