Abstract
AbstractThe zinc complex chemistry of the tridentate thiol ligand N‐ (2‐mercaptophenyl)(2‐picolyl)amine (MPPAH) differs considerably from that of the aliphatic analogue N‐(2‐mercaptoethyl)(2‐picolyl)amine reported previously. This is due to the lower basicity and hence bridging tendency of its aromatic thiolate function. With zinc salts of oxo anions the 1:1 complexes (MPPA)ZnX (1a–c: X = ONO2, OAc, OBz) are formed which according to spectroscopic data are monomeric while the halide (MPPA)ZnBr (2) seems to be polymeric. In the absence of coordinating anions the monomeric 2:1 complex (MPPA)2Zn (3) results which according to a crystal structure determination contains tetrahedral zinc coordinated by one MPPA ligand in a tridentate fashion while the other is only monodentate and sulfur‐bound. A similar N2S2 coordination can be deduced for the 1:1:1 complex (MPPA)Zn(STrt) (4) resulting from ZnEt2, MPPAH and triphenylmethanethiol.
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