OCTAHEDRAL METAL CARBONYLS. 56.1KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF LIGAND EXCHANGE IN [4-METHYL,1,2-BIS(METHYLTHIO)BENZENE]-TETRACARBONYLCHROMIUM(O)

Autor: Canan S. Binzet, Jose E. Cortes, Gerard R. Dobson
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 14:215-222
ISSN: 1029-0389
0095-8972
Popis: The kinetics and mechanism of displacement of the chelating ligand bmtb (= 4-methyl-1,2-bis(methylthio)benzene) from (bmtb)Cr(CO)4 by L (= tri(isopropyl) phosphite, triethyl phosphite) in chlorobenzene (CB) and 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) have been studied. The reaction obeys a rate law, -d[(bmtb)Cr(CO)4]/dt = k[(bmtb)Cr(CO)4][L]. Although two limiting mechanisms, one involving rate-determining nucleophilic attack at the metal atom and the other rate-determining reversible ring-opening may be envisioned, activation data in CB taken over a 75 degree temperature range and a thousand-fold change in k demonstrate that only one reaction pathway is accessible. Despite the slightly negative entropies of activation observed, the latter mechanism is favoured based upon a comparison of the data to that obtained for other closely-related systems.
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