Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1323450 | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry | 2015 | 4 Pages |
•β-Diketiminato zinc complexes react with elemental sulfur with oxidation of the γ-C atom of the ligand.•The β-diketiminato ligands show a non-innocence character under these reaction conditions.•1 and the byproducts were characterized by NMR and IR spectroscopy, and single crystal X-ray diffraction.•1 represents only the second structurally characterized complex containing a thio-β-ketiminate ligand.
The homoleptic thio-β-ketiminate zinc complex [MesNC(Me)CH{C(Me)NMes}S]2Zn (1) was obtained from reactions of elemental sulfur with the β-diketiminato zinc complexes [CH{C(Me)NMes}2]ZnMe, [CH{C(Me)NMes}2]2Zn2 and [[CH{C(Me)NMes}2]Zn-TePh]2. 1 and the byproducts were characterized by multinuclear NMR (1H, 13C, 125Te) and IR spectroscopy, elemental analyses as well as by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Graphical abstractβ-Diketiminato zinc complexes react with elemental sulfur with oxidation of the γ-C atom of the β-diketiminato ligand and subsequent formation of the homoleptic thio-β-ketiminate zinc complex [MesNC(Me)CH{C(Me)NMes}S]2Zn (1). 1 and the byproducts were characterized by multinuclear NMR and IR spectroscopy and by single crystal X-ray diffraction.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide