title: Kinetics and mechanism of ligand interchange in pentacyano-L-osmate(II) complexes (L = H(2)O, NH(3), N-heterocyclic ligands).
abstract: The new complex, K(3)[Os(CN)(5)NH(3)].2H(2)O, a convenient precursor for the pentacyano-L-osmate(II) series, was prepared and characterized by chemical analysis, cyclic voltammetry, and IR and UV-vis spectroscopies. By controlled aquation in weakly acidic medium, the [Os(CN)(5)H(2)O](3-) ion was generated. Weak absorptions in the UV region for L = H(2)O, NH(3), and CN(-) were found at 287, 272, and 240 nm, respectively, and were assigned to d-d transitions, in terms of a model for tetragonally distorted ions also valid for the members of the iron and ruthenium series. The kinetics of the formation and dissociation reactions of the [Os(CN)(5)L](n-) ions, L = pyridine (py), pyrazine (pz), N-methylpyrazinium (mpz(+)), etc., were studied. At 25.0 degrees C, the formation rate constants for the neutral ligands pz and isonicotinamide were ca. 0.13 M(-1) s(-1) and slightly increased for L = mpz(+) and decreased for isonicotinate. The enthalpies of activation were ca. 22.0 kcal mol(-1), independently of the entering L, and the activation entropies were all positive, ca. 11-13 cal K(-1) mol(-1). The dissociation reactions showed a saturation rate behavior of k(obs) (s(-1)) as a function of the concentration of the scavenger ligand. The specific dissociation rate constant at 25.0 degrees C was 1.06 x 10(-7) s(-1) for L = NH(3) and around 10(-9) s(-1) for py, pz, and mpz(+) (extrapolated to 25.0 degrees C from values measured in the range 60-95 degrees C). These small values are associated with high activation enthalpies (range 30-35 kcal mol(-1)) and positive activation entropies (range 10-20 cal K(-1) mol(-1)). The evidence for both the formation and dissociation processes shows that dissociative mechanisms are operative, as for the iron and ruthenium analogues.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, INQUIMAE, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Republic of Argentina.
authors.forename: Leonardo D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Slep
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alborés
authors.forename: Luis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Baraldo
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Olabe