Synthesis and structural characterization of donor-stabilized disubstituted diphenyldithiophosphates of nickel(II)

Abstract

Donor-stabilized addition complexes of nickel(II) with disubstituted diphenyldithiophosphates, [{(ArO)2PS2}2NiL2] {Ar = 2,4-(CH3)2C6H3[(1), (5)], 2,5-(CH3)2C6H3[(2), (6)], 3,4-(CH3)2C6H3[(3), (7)] and 3,5-(CH3)2C6H3[(4), (8)];L= C5H5N [(1)–(4)] and C7H9N [(5)–(8)]}, were successfully isolated and characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic moment, IR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray analysis. Compound (4) crystallizes in the monoclinic space groupP21/nwhereas compounds (7) and (8) crystallize in the triclinic space group P\bar 1. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of (4), (7) and (8) reveals a six-coordinated octahedral geometry for the NiS4N2chromophore. Two diphenyldithiophosphate ions act as bidentate ligands with their S atoms coordinated to the Ni centre. Each of them forms a four-membered chelate ring in the equatorial plane. The N atoms from two donor ligands are axially coordinated to the Ni atom.