Phosphine and thiophene cyclopalladated complexes: hydrolysis reactions in strong acidic media
Begoña García1, Francisco J Hoyuelos, Saturnino Ibeas
1Universidad de Burgos, Departamento de Química, 09001 Burgos, Spain. begar@ubu.es
Abstract:
The mechanisms for the hydrolysis of organopalladium complexes [Pd(CNN)R]BF(4) (R=P(OPh)(3), PPh(3), and SC(4)H(8)) were investigated at 25 °C by using UV/Vis absorbance measurements in 10 % v/v ethanol/water mixtures containing different sulphuric acid concentrations in the 1.3-11.7 M range. In all cases, a biphasic behavior was observed with rate constants k(1obs), which corresponds to the initial step of the hydrolysis reaction, and k(2obs), where k(1obs)>k(2obs). The plots of k(1obs) and k(2obs) versus sulfuric acid concentration suggest a change in the reaction mechanism. The change with respect to the k(1obs) value corresponds to 35 %, 2 %, and 99 % of the protonated complexes for R=PPh(3), P(OPh)(3), and SC(4)H(8), respectively. Regarding k(2obs), the change occurred in all cases at about 6.5 M H(2)SO(4) and matched up with the results reported for the hydrolysis of the 2-acetylpyridinephenylhydrazone (CNN) ligand. By using the excess acidity method, the mechanisms were elucidated by carefully looking at the variation of k(i),(obs) (i=1,2) versus cH+. The rate-determining constants, k(0,A-1), k(0,A-2), and k(0,A-SE2) were evaluated in all cases. The R=P(OPh)(3) complex was most reactive due to its π-acid character, which favors the rupture of the trans nitrogen-palladium bond in the A-2 mechanism and also that of the pyridine nitrogen-palladium bond in the A-1 mechanism. The organometallic bond exerts no effect on the relative basicity of the complexes, which are strongly reliant on the substituent.
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