Polyhedron , 2005, 24 (1), 89-95.

Dialkyldithiocarbamate derivatives of toluene-3,4-dithiolato arsenic(III) and -bismuth(III): synthetic, spectral and single crystal X-ray structural studies

Chauhan, H. P. S. | Kori, Kavita | Shaik, Nagulu Meera | Mathur, Sanjay | Huch, Volker

We report here on dialkyldithiocarbamates complexes of the type [C

6

H

3

(CH

3

)S

2

MS

2

CNR

2

] (M = As and Bi: R = CH

3

, C

2

H

5

, and CH

2

-CH

2

), prepared by the reaction of toluene-3,4-dithiolatoarsenic(III) and -bismuth(III) chlorides [C

6

H

3

(CH

3

)S

2

MCl] (M = As and Bi) with sodium/ammonium salts of dialkyldithiocarbamates [XS

2

CNR

2

] (X = Na and NH

4

: R = CH

3

, C

2

H

5

and CH

2

-CH

2

). The new derivatives were characterized by melting point, elemental analysis (C, H, N, S and As/Bi) and spectroscopic studies (IR,

1

H and

13

C NMR). Single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses of toluene-3.4-dithiolatoarsenic(III) dimethyldithiocarbamate and toluene-3,4-dithiolatoarsenic(III) pyrrolidine-dithiocarbamate revealed a monodentate chelating mode of the dimethyl as well as the pyrrolidine-dithiocarbamate moieties in these complexes.