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Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework
Published on: April 9, 2018
Six-Membered Thiolate-Thione Chelate Complexes of Group 10 ElementsSyntheses, Crystal Structures, and NMR Studies
Hennes Günther1, Stephan Hohloch2, Frank Tambornino1
1Philipps University Marburg, Department of Chemistry, Hans-Meerwein-Str. 4, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
Abstract:
Imido-C,C'-dithiodicarbonic-O,O'-dialkyl esters (alkyl: 1 = Me, 2 = Et, 3 = i Pr) were synthesized by facile synthetic protocols. They form air-stable complexes with divalent group 10 ions (Ni-[1]2, Ni-[2]2, Ni-[3]2, Pd-[1]2, Pd-[2]2, Pd-[3]2, Pt-[1]2, Pt-[2]2, and Pt-[3]2). In their crystal structures, the metal center is coordinated by four sulfur atoms of two anionic ligands in a slightly distorted square planar fashion. The backbones of all complexes show distortion depending on the bulkiness of the ligand. A comparison of bond lengths in free ligands and their respective complexes reveals CS bond length extension and CN bond length shortening due to electron delocalization among the S-C-N-C-S moiety. The 13C NMR spectra show a dominating influence of the metal center, while the effect of the different alkyl chains is negligible.
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