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Kinetic studies on the acid-catalyzed substitution reactions of the teminal chloro-ligands in [Fe4S4Cl4](2-) by PhS- in the presence of the acids NHR3+ (R = Me, Pr-n or Bu-n) are reported. Although these acids have very similar pK(a)s (17.6-18.4) the reactions show a variety of different kinetics, some of which are inconsistent with a mechanism involving simple protonation of the cluster followed by substitution of a terminal ligand. The observed behaviour is more consistent with the recently proposed mechanism in which Fe-(mu(3)-SH) bond elongation/cleavage occurs upon protonation of a mu(3)-S, and suggests that both the acidity and bulk of the acid is important in the protonation step. Other studies have determined the activation parameters (Delta H-double dagger and Delta S-double dagger) for both the protonation and substitution steps of the acid-catalyzed substitution reactions of [Fe4S4X4](2-) (X = Cl or SEt). A significantly negative Delta S-double dagger is observed for the substitution steps of both clusters indicating associative pathways. This is inconsistent with earlier interpretation of the kinetics of these reactions (based exclusively on the dependence of the rate on the concentration of nucleophile) and indicates that there is no dissociative substitution mechanism and the pathway associated with a zero order dependence on the concentration of PhS-involves associative substitution with the solvent (MeCN) being the nucleophile.
Author(s): Al-Rammahi TMM, Henderson RA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Dalton Transactions
Year: 2016
Volume: 45
Issue: 1
Pages: 307-314
Print publication date: 01/01/2016
Online publication date: 20/11/2015
Acceptance date: 18/11/2015
ISSN (print): 1477-9226
ISSN (electronic): 1477-9234
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5dt04008f
DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04008f
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