The water exchange process on
fac-[(CO)
3Mn(H
2O)
3]
+ and
fac-[(CO)
3Tc(H
2O)
3]
+ was kinetically in
vestigated by
17ONMR as a function of the acidity, temperature, and pressure. Up to pH 6.3 and 4.4, respecti
vely, the exchange rateis not affected by the acidity, thus demonstrating that the contribution of the monohydroxo species
fac-[(CO)
3M(OH)(H
2O)
2] is not significant, which correlates well with a higher p
Ka for these complexes compared to the homologue
fac-[(CO)
3Re(H
2O)
3]
+ complex. The water exchange rate
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/s
-1 (
Hex![](/images/entities/thermod.gif)
/kJ mol
-1;
Sex![](/images/entities/thermod.gif)
/J mol
-1 K
-1;
V![](/images/entities/thermod.gif)
/cm
3mol
-1) decreases down group 7 from Mn to Tc and Re: 23 (72.5; +24.4; +7.1) > 0.49 (78.3; +11.7; +3.8) > 5.4× 10
-3 (90.3; +14.5; -). For the Mn complex only, an O exchange on the carbonyl ligand could be measured (
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= 4.3 × 10
-6 s
-1), which is se
veral orders of magnitude slower than the water exchange. In the case of the Tccomplex, the coupling between
17O (
I =
5/
2) and
99Tc (
I =
9/
2) nuclear spins has been obser
ved (
1J99Tc,17O = 80 ± 5Hz). The substitution of water in
fac-[(CO)
3M(H
2O)
3]
+ by dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is slightly faster than that byCH
3CN: 3 times faster for Mn, 1.5 times faster for Tc, and 1.2 times faster for Re. The pressure dependencebeha
vior is different for Mn and Re. For Mn, the change in
volume to reach the transition state is always clearlypositi
ve (water exchange, CH
3CN, DMS), indicating an I
d mechanism. In the case of Re, an I
d/I
a changeo
ver isassigned on the basis of reaction
profiles with a strong
volume maximum for pyrazine and a minimum for DMS asthe entering ligand.