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The kinetics of the process AuCl3(nu) + Cl−→ AuCl −4 + nu (nu = one of a number of five-membered N-donor heterocycles covering a wide range of basicity, namely: oxazole, 2,4,5-trimethyloxazole, thiazole, 5-methylthiazole, 4-methylthiazole, 4,5-dimethylthiazole, 2,4-dimethylthiazole, 2,4,5-trimethylthiazole, imidazole and 2-methylimidazole) have been studied in methanol at 25 °C. The reactions follow the usual two-term rate law, rate = (k 1 + k 2[Cl−])[complex], observed in a square-planar substitution associative-mechanism. The second-order rate constants, k 2, indicate that the discriminating ability of Au(III) in these complexes is good and markedly influenced by the nature of the leaving group. A linear-free-energy relationship, logk 2 = 0.53pK a + constant, is observed between the rate constant and the basicity of the leaving group for its replacement by chloride. The results are compared with data from the literature regarding a series of complexes of the type AuCl3(py) (py = one of a number of pyridines) reacting with the Cl− anion under the same experimental conditions. The reactivity depends not only upon ligand basicity but also upon the nature of the ligand in the order: pyridines> five-membered heterocycles. Steric factor due to the presence of a single methyl group ortho to the sp2 nitrogen atom in the ring has no influence on the rate of substitution while, surprisingly, when there are two ortho methyl groups a remarkable steric retardation effect is observable. The results are discussed in terms of reaction-profile in the associative-substitution reaction and bonding interactions in the ground and transition states.
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Pitteri, B., Bortoluzzi, M. The replacement of five-membered N-donor heterocycles from aminotrichlorogold(III) complexes. A comparison with pyridines. Transition Met Chem 31, 1028–1033 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11243-006-0102-5
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