A thorough and detailed study of diastereointerconversion in the chiral platinum complexes[(NUPHOS)Pt{(
S)-BINOL}] (
3a-
e) has been underta
ken and compared with the results ofa similar study with [(BIPHEP)Pt{(
S)-BINOL}]. Rate data revealed that this process obeysfirst-order relaxation
kinetics, and rate constants for conversion of the minor to the majordiastereoisomer have been obtained. Eyring analysis of the data gave
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and
S![](/images/entities/thermod.gif)
valuesof 22-25
kcal mol
-1 and -1 to -16 eu, respectively. In combination with computationalanalysis, these studies indicate that atropinversion most li
kely occurs via an on-metalpathway involving a planar seven-membered transition state. Substitution of (
S)-BINOLfor (
S,
S)-DPEN results in a mar
ked reduction in the barrier to atropinversion; a
H![](/images/entities/thermod.gif)
valueof 17
kcal mol
-1 has been determined for the conversion of
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-[(Ph
4-NUPHOS)Pt{(
S,
S)-DPEN}]Cl
2 to
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-[(Ph
4-NUPHOS)Pt{(
S,
S)-DPEN}]Cl
2, which could indicate that an alternativemechanism operates.