Synthesis and structure of the nickel(II) complex of 1,1,1-tris(((2-(methylthio)ethyl)thio)methyl)ethane, an all-sulfur ligand that promotes hexakis(thioether) coordination

Journal Article · Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00242a002· OSTI ID:7252303

Thorne, C M; Rawle, S C; Admans, G A; Cooper, S R

Prompted by the potential analogy of thioethers to phosphines and by the occurrence of thioether coordination in blue copper proteins, they have recently been investigating the properties of homoleptic hexakis(thioether) complexes of transition-metal ions. Earlier work has shown that this new environment can be imposed on transition-metal ions by coordination to crown thioethers and that it induces unusual electronic structure - and therefore perhaps unusual reactivity - on them. Any future applications of homoleptic thioether complexes of crown-type ligands will, however, be hindered by the somewhat involved synthesis of the ligands. They now wish to report their initial work on the preparation and coordination chemistry of 1,1,1-tris(((2-(methylthio)ethyl)thio)methyl)ethane (L), a new ligand that makes the homoleptic hexakis(thioether) environment readily available. Moreover, the synthesis used here may afford a general route into analogous three dimensionally articulated ligands.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Oxford, England
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00472
• OSTI ID: 7252303
• Journal Information: Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 25:22
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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