C 10 H 6 Cl 2 N 2 NiO 2 S 2 ,monoclinic, P2 1 /c (no. 14), a =9.8286(6) Å, b =5.8099(3) Å, c =12.4099(7)Å, b=117.141(4)°, V =630.6Å 3 ,Z=2,R gt (F) =0.0209,
Source of materialAprocessfor themanufacture of 5-chloro-2-mercaotopyridine-1-oxide (Hcmpo)and nickel salts thereof, comprising the steps of oxidizing a5-chloro-2-acetylaminopyridine with hydrogen peroxide in an inert solvent to give a5-chloro-2-acetamidopyridine-1-oxide, cleaving the acetyl group with mineral acid to give a5-chloro-2-aminopyridine-1-oxide,d iazotizing the 5-chloro-2-aminopyridine-1-oxide and treating the diazonium salt with hydrochloric acid to give a2,5-dichloropridine-1-oxide, treating the latter with as ulfhydryl-donor to give a Hcmpo. . The mean C-S bond length (1.713 Å) shows partial double bond character, it is shorter than the normalcovalent bond distance of 1.81(2) Å, foraC-S single bond. Ni(cmpo) 2 is nearly planar with the planes involving the chelate rings, Ni1-O1-N1-C5-S1 and Ni1-O1 i -N1 i -C5 i -S1 i ,having an angle of 0.00(0.06)°. The ring carbons are the atomsw ith the greatestd eviationf rom the two planes indicating that the nickel(II) center and donor atomsare quite planar. The dihedral angleb etweenN i1-O1-N1-C5-S1 and pyridiner ings,t wo pyridine rings are 1.76(0.08)°and 0.00(0.10)°, respectively. The angles are O1-Ni1-S1 =89.68(3)°and O1-Ni1-S1 i =90.32(3)°, showing smaller deviation from as quare donor atom arrangement than in [Ni(6Mmpo) 2 ](89.2(3)°and 89.1(4)°) [9]. The angles Ni1-S1-C5 =95.68(5)°and Ni1-O1-N1 =116.91(8)°show that the bonding orbital of the sulfur atom is mainly of pcharacter, while that of oxygen atom is of sp 2 character, almost the same as thatinmpH 2 -ligated (mpH 2 =2-mercaptophenol complexes [11].