Abstract
Chemisorption of gold(III) from solutions in 2 M HCl with freshly precipitated binuclear zinc dithiocarbamate [Zn2{S2CN(C4H9)2}4] resulted in the formation of a polymeric heteronuclear gold(III)–zinc(II) dithiocarbamato-chlorido complex ([Au{S2CN(C4H9)2}2]2[ZnCl4]) n (I), which was characterized by MAS 13C NMR, X-ray diffraction (CIF file CCDC no. 1526616), and simultaneous thermal analysis. Compound I isolated on a preparative scale was found to have a highly intricate supramolecular structure composed of 13 centrosymmetric and non-centrosymmetric isomeric complex cations, [Au{S2CN(C4H9)2}2]+, with 24 structurally non-equivalent BuDtc ligands, and six isomeric [ZnCl4]2– anions. The isomeric gold(III) cations perform different structural functions. Four and six cations are involved in the formation of two sorts of long-period cation–cationic chains (via pair non-valence secondary Au···S bonds): (···A···B···C···D···C···B···) n and (···F···G···H···I···J···K···) n . The discrete E, L, and M cations and the [ZnCl4]2– complex anions are located alongside of the polymer chains and do not take part in the secondary interactions. According to simultaneous thermal analysis, thermolysis of I includes destruction of the dithiocarbamate moiety with reduction of gold to the metal in the cation and liberation of zinc chloride with partial conversion to ZnS in the anion.
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