A
17O NMR study (
I = 1.0 M, NaClO
4 or NaOSO
2CF
3, 25.0
es/
entiti
es/d
eg.gif">C) of solv
ent
exchang
e in lab
el
ed
p- and
t-[Co(tr
en)(NH
3)OH
2]
3+, [Co(tr
en)(OH
2)
2]
3+, [Co(cycl
en)(OH
2)
2]
3+, and [Co(N-M
ecycl
en)(OH
2)
2]
3+ ions (ca. 30%
17O)in aqu
eous solution has shown that loss of coordinat
ed OH
2 is slow for all of th
e compl
ex
es (
kex/s
-1 = 1.1 ×10
-5, 1.2 × 10
-5, 3.7 × 10
-5 (
p-sit
e)/8.7 × 10
-6 (
t-sit
e), 2 × 10
-4, and 2 × 10
-4, r
esp
ectiv
ely). Valu
es of
kexfor solv
ent
exchang
e in [Co(tr
en)(OH)
2]
+ hav
e b
een d
et
ermin
ed as 9.7 × 10
-5 s
-1 (
p-sit
e) and 2.2 × 10
-7 s
-1(
t-sit
e) Coordinat
ed OH
- in both
p- and
t-[Co(tr
en)(NH
3)OH]
2+ also
exchang
es only slowly with solv
ent (
kex/s
-1= 1.7 × 10
-4, and <1 × 10
-6, r
esp
ectiv
ely), wh
er
eas
exchang
e of coordinat
ed solv
ent in th
e aqua-hydroxocompl
ex
es [Co(tr
en)(
t-OH
2)(
p-OH)]
2+, [Co(cycl
en)(OH
2)OH]
2+, and [Co(N-M
ecycl
en)(OH
2)OH]
2+ is much mor
erapid (
kex/s
-1 = 0.03 (
p-sit
e)/0.01 (
t-sit
e), 12 and 15, r
esp
ectiv
ely). Ligand-OH
- exchang
e in th
es
e latt
er syst
emsis int
erpr
et
ed as occurring via (indir
ect) S
N1(CB)-typ
e proc
ess
es on th
e corr
esponding aqua compl
ex
es: [Co(amin
e)OH]
2+ es/
entiti
es/rlhar2.gif"> [Co(amin
e-H)OH
2]
2+ es/
entiti
es/rarr.gif">
exchang
e. This typ
e of pathway is s
een to b
e mor
e effici
ent wh
enl
eaving-group d
epartur
e is synchronous with proton transf
er, and this app
ears to b
e mor
e important for
exchang
ein th
e cycl
en and N-M
ecycl
en compl
ex
es wh
er
e a r
easonably acidic, adjac
ent syn N
H proton is involv
ed.