Chemisorption Activity of Mercury(II) Cyclopentamethylenedithiocarbamate: Synthesis, Structure, and Thermal Behavior of the [Hg2{S2CN(CH2)5}4] and [Au3{S2CN(CH2)5}6][Au{S2CN(CH2)5}2][Hg2Cl6]2 Complexes

Abstract

The dinuclear complex mercury(II) cyclopentamethylenedithiocarbamate (piperidine-1-carbodithioate) [Hg2{S2CN(CH2)5}4] was synthesized and its chemisorption activity toward a solution of AuCl3 in 2 M HCl was studied. The chemisorption of gold from the solution forms an ionic gold(III)‒mercury(II) dithiocarbamato-chlorido complex comprising three isomeric gold cations and an unsymmetrical hexachlorodimercurate anion. The structural organization and thermal behavior of the resulting compounds was studied.