On the Mechanism of Octahedral Substitution
作者:
T.W. Swaddle,
期刊:
Comments on Inorganic Chemistry
(Taylor Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 4
页码: 237-258
ISSN:0260-3594
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1080/02603599108053476
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: reaction mechanisms;ligand substitution;octahedral complexes;second transition series
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
In terms of the Langford—Gray mechanistic classification, simple ligand substitution in octahedral complexes in donor solvents may be described as anIprocess in all cases; it is doubtful whether the criteria forDorAmechanisms could ever be met. It is argued, however, that no meaningful, unequivocal assignments along theD/D1/Id/Ia/Alines can be made for octahedral substitution, and that attempts to make them are actually counterproductive. Instead, we should seek means of expressing the selectivity shown by various substrates towards nucleophiles, and also the lifetimes of putative intermediates, at least semi-quantitatively. Computer modelling can provide important insights into the mechanism of reaction, particularly into the key role played by the solvent in the activation process. Certain complexes of metals of the second transition series show anomalous lability; the effect requires experimental and theoretical clarification, but appears to have relativistic origins.
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