The nickel complexes of the methyl esters of dithiocarbazic acid NH2NHC(=S)SMe (L), 2-methyldithiocarbazic acid NH2NMeC(=S)SMe (MeL), 2-n-butyldithiocarbazic acid, NH2NBuC(=S)SMe (BuL), 3,3-dimethyldithiocarbazic acid NMe2NHC(=S)SMe (Me2L), 3-phenyldithiocarbazic acid NHPhNHC(=S)SMe (PhL), and 3,3-diphenyldithiocarbazic acid NPh2NHC(=S)SMe (Ph2L) have been investigated. L, MeL, BuL, and Me2L can act as neutral ligands giving the high-spin complexes [NiL3]X2, [Ni(MeL)3]X2, [Ni(BuL)3]X2(X = Cl, Br, or I), and [Ni(Me2L)2Cl2]; L and Me2L can act also in deprotonated form at N(2) giving the low-spin complexes [Ni(L – H)2] and [Ni(Me2 L – H)2]. PhL and Ph2L act only in deprotonated form at N(2) giving the low-spin [Ni(PhL – H)2] and [Ni(Ph2L – H)2] respectively. MeL and BuL can be deprotonated at N(3) after co-ordination giving the low-spin complexes [Ni(MeL – H)2] and [Ni(BuL – H)2]. The complexes have been characterized by their electronic and i.r. spectra.
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