The reactions between dpds and the phosphonodithioato and dithiophosphato NiII complexes [Ni(MeOpdt)2] (1), [Ni(EtOpdt)2] (2), and [Ni((EtO)2PS2)2] (3) yielded the novel coordination polymers (1·dpds)∞, (2·dpts)∞, and (3·dps)∞, featuring three different spacers ensuing from in situ chemical rearrangement of the starting dpds reagent (dpds, 4,4′-dipyridyldisulfide; dps, 4,4′-dipyridylmonosulfide; dpts, 4,4′-dipyridyltrisulfide)
The reactions between tptz and differently substituted dithiophosphonato [Ni(ROpdt)2] [ROpdt = (RO)(4-MeOC6H4)PS2-; R = Et (2); Pr (3); i-Pr (4); Bu (5)] and dithiophosphato [Ni((EtO)2PS2)2] (6) Ni(II) complexes have been investigated, and the characterisation of the resulting neutral mixed complexes (2.tptz)-(6.tptz) is reported. In all these complexes, tptz forces one of the two dithiophosphonato/dithiophosphato ligands to behave as a monodentate ligand, a coordination mode rarely found in analogous Ni(II) phosphorodithioato complexes. A comparison has been performed between the Ni-S bond distances of the new complexes and those of isologous dithiophosphonato, dithiophosphato and dithiophosphito Ni(II) square-planar complexes, and of their penta- and hexa-coordinated adducts. The results, also supported by DFT calculations, are discussed and explained in terms of the structural trans-effect (STE). The reactivity of 2.tptz towards AgNO3 and CuSO4 to yield the complex [Ni(EtOpdt)(tptz)(H2O)]NO3 (7), and the dimer [(Ni(tptz)(mu-SO4)(H2O)]2.6H2O (8), respectively, is consistent with the proposed bonding models.
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