Mechanism for the formation of substituted manganese(V) cyanidonitrido complexes: Crystallographic and kinetic study of the substitution reactions of trans-[MnN(H2O)(CN)4]2- with monodentate pyridine and bidentate pyridine-carboxylate ligands

Hendrik J. Van Der Westhuizen, Reinout Meijboom, Marietjie Schutte, Andreas Roodt

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Abstract

Dissolution of [(CH3)N]2Na[MnN(CN) 5]·H2O in water results in the rapid dissociation of the trans-CN- ligand to form trans-[MnN(H2O)(CN) 4]2-(aq), which reacts with monodentate pyridine ligands such as 3-methyl and 4-methyl pyridine to form the corresponding mono-substituted complexes, of which the molecular structures obtained from X-ray crystallography, trans-[MnN(3-pic)(CN)4]2- and trans-[MnN(4-pic)(CN)4]2-, are reported. [MnN(H 2O)(CN)4]2-(aq) also reacts with bidentate nucleophiles such as pyridine-2-carboxylate (pico) and quinoline-2-carboxylate (quino), yielding the corresponding [MnN(η2-pico)(CN) 3]2- and [MnN(η2-quino)(CN) 3]2- complexes as determined by X-ray crystallography. The formation kinetics of pyridine-2-carboxylate and three different pyridine-2,x-dicarboxylate ligands (x= 3, 4, 5) are reported, and two consecutive reaction steps are proposed, defined as the formation of the [MnN(η1-pico)(CN)4]3- and [MnN(η2-pico)(CN)3]3- complexes, respectively. Only the second steps could be spectrophotometrically observed and kinetically investigated. The first reaction is attributed to the rapid aqua substitution of [MnN(H2O)(CN)4]2-, thermodynamically unfavored and too fast to observe by conventional rapid third generation stopped-flow techniques. The second, slower reaction is attributed to cyanido substitution, with overall formation rate constants (25 °C; k 1'; M-1 s-1) and corresponding activation parameters (ΔHk1', kJ mol-1, ΔSk1', J K-1 mol-1) for the following entering bidentate nucleophiles: pyridine-2-carboxylate: (1.15 ± 0.04) × 10-3,102 ± 1, and 48 ± 3; pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate: (1.1 ± 0.1) × 10-3,93 ± 2, and 20 ± 4; pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylate (8.5 ± 0.5) × 10-4,123 ± 5, and 115 ± 14; pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylate: (1.08 ± 0.04) × 10-3,106 ± 1, and 60 ± 2. A dissociative activation for the cyanido substitution process is proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9599-9608
Number of pages10
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume49
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Oct 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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