Synthesis and characterization of the adducts of bis(O-butylxanthato)Ni(II) with nitrogen donor ligands and X-ray structure of bis(O-butylxanthato)bis(3-chloropyridine)nickel(II)

A new series of adducts of bis(O-butylxanthato)nickel(II) with substituted pyridines have been synthesized by treating bis(O-butylxanthato)nickel(II) with substituted pyridines in acetone. The complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, conductivity measurements, magnetic susceptibility measurements, TGA/DTA studies, infrared and electronic spectral studies. X-ray studies of one of the adduct bis(O-butylxanthato)bis(3-chloropyridine)nickel(II) shows that the central metal is octahedrally coordinated within a trans-N2S4 donor set, with the Ni atom located on a centre of inversion. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with unit cell parameters a = 11.8088(8) Å, b = 12.2042(7) Å, c = 9.0252(5) Å, β = 93.789(6), Z = 2. Crystal structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full matrix least squares procedures to a final R-value of 0.0380 (wR2 = 0.0885) for 2083 observed reflections. The butyl chain is disordered over two set of sites, with occupancy ratios of 0.741:0.259. These studies suggest a distorted octahedral structure and paramagnetic nature of the adducts.