Co
mplex equilibria in
methanol/chlorofor
m/dichloro
methane solutions containing Zeise's anion, [PtCl
3(C
2H
4)]
-(
1), the solvento species,
trans-[PtCl
2(C
2H
4)(MeOH)] (
2), and the dinuclear co
mplex,
trans-[PtCl
2(C
2H
4)]
2 (
3),have been studied by UV-vis,
1H, and
195Pt NMR spectroscopy, giving average values of
KCl = (1.6 ± 0.2)10
3M
-1 and
KS = (0.16 ± 0.02) M
-1 for the equilibriu
m constants between
2 and
1 and
3 and
2, respectively. Thebridged co
mplex
3 is co
mpletely split into
mono
meric solvento co
mplexes
2 in
methanol and in chlorofor
m ordichloro
methane solutions with [MeOH] > 0.5 M. Ethene exchange at the
mononuclear co
mplexes
1 and
2 wasstudied by
1H NMR line-broadening experi
ments in
methanol-
d4. Observed overall exchange rate constants decreasewith an increase in free chloride concentration due to the displace
ment of the rapid equilibriu
m between
1 and
2 toward the
more slowly exchanging parent chloro co
mplex
1. Ethene exchange rate constants at 298 K forco
mplexes
1 and
2 are
kex1 = (2.1 ± 0.1)10
3 M
-1 s
-1and
kex2 = (5.0 ± 0.2)10
5 M
-1 s
-1, respectively, withcorresponding activation para
meters
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mol
-1,
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-1 mol
-1,
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mol
-1, and
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-1 mol
-1. The activation process is largely entropy controlled; theenthalpy contributions only a
mounting to
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methanol
molecule in the ground state. The inti
mate
mechanis
m might involve a two-stepprocess
via trans-[PtCl
2(C
2H
4)
2] in steady state or a concerted process via a pentacoordinated transition statewith two ethene
molecules bound to the platinu
m(II).