Multiple nitrene insertions into metal-sulfur bonds of dithiocarbamate complexes: synthesis of sulfido-amido and zwitterionic tetraamido complexes

Hogarth, G.; Holman, K.T.; Pateman, A.; Sella, A.; Steed, J.W.; Richards, I.

Abstract

The iodine(III) reagent, PhI=NTs, acts as a source of the nitrene fragment NTs, which undergoes facile insertion into the metal-sulfur bonds of a range of dithiocarbamate complexes. Addition of two equivalents of PhI=NTs to [M(S2CNR2)(2)] affords sulfido-amido complexes [M{SC(NR2)SNTs}(2)] (M=Ni, Cu), which insert two further nitrene fragments to afford zwitterionic tetraamido complexes [M{TsNSC(NR2)SNTs}(2)] (M=Co, Ni, Cu). Crystallographic studies have been carried out on both types of complex allowing possible resonance hydrids of the new ligand types to be assessed.

Citation

Hogarth, G., Holman, K., Pateman, A., Sella, A., Steed, J., & Richards, I. (online). Multiple nitrene insertions into metal-sulfur bonds of dithiocarbamate complexes: synthesis of sulfido-amido and zwitterionic tetraamido complexes. Dalton Transactions, 2688-2695

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Journal: Dalton Transactions
• Print ISSN: 1477-9226
• Electronic ISSN: 1477-9234
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 16
• Pages: 2688-2695
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1602081