Metal dithiolene complex

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Structure of Mo(S2C2Ph2)3

Dithiolene metal complexes are

donor atoms are sulfur. 1,2-Dithiolene metal complexes are often referred to as "metal dithiolenes", "metallodithiolenes" or "dithiolene complexes".[3] Most molybdenum- and tungsten-containing proteins have dithiolene-like moieties at their active sites, which feature the so-called molybdopterin cofactor bound to the Mo or W.[4]

Dithiolene metal complexes have been studied since the 1960s when they were first popularized by Gerhard N. Schrauzer and Volker P. Mayweg, who prepared

Ph2)2) by the reaction of nickel sulfide and diphenylacetylene.[5]
The structural, spectroscopic, and electrochemical properties of many related complexes have been described.

Structure

Dithiolene metal complexes can be found in coordination compounds where the metal centre is coordinated by one, two, or three dithiolene ligands. The tris(dithiolene) complexes were the first examples of trigonal prismatic geometry in coordination chemistry. One example is

Ph2)3. Similar structures have been observed for several other metals.[6]

mnt
)2, illustrating the intense color that typifies many dithiolene complexes

Because of the unusual redox and intense optical properties of dithiolenes, the electronic structure of dithiolene complexes has been the subject of intense studies. 1,2-Dithiolene ligands can exist in three

monoanionic radical intermediate between these two.[7] When the latter two are complexed to a metal centre, the oxidation state of the ligand (and therefore the metal centre) cannot be easily defined. Such ligands are therefore referred to as non-innocent. The substituents on the backbone of the dithiolene ligand, R and R', affect the properties of the resulting metal complex in the expected way. Long chains confer solubility in less polar solvents. Electron acceptors (e.g. cyanide CN−, acetate
CH3CO−2) stabilize reduced and anionic complexes. Derivatives are known where the substituents are the same, symmetrical dithiolenes (R = R') are more common than unsymmetrical.

Due to their delocalized electronic structure, 1,2-dithiolene complexes undergo reversible redox reaction. When oxidized, dithiolene complexes have greater 1,2-dithioketone character. In reduced complexes, the ligand assumes more ene-1,2-dithiolate character. These descriptions are evaluated by examination of differences in C-C and C-S bond distances. The true structure lies somewhere between these resonance structures. Reflecting the impossibility to provide an unequivocal description of the structure, McCleverty introduced the term 'dithiolene' to give a general name for the ligand that does not specify a particular oxidation state. This suggestion was generally accepted, and 'dithiolene' is now a universally accepted term. Only more recently the radical nature of monoanionic 1,2-dithiolene ligands has been pointed out.[7] While few examples of authentic dithiolene radicals have been reported, diamagnetism in neutral bis(1,2-dithiolene) complexes of divalent transition metal ions should be considered as a consequence of a string antiferromagnetic coupling between the two radical ligands.

organyl
.

Applications and occurrence

1,2-Dithiolene metal complexes occur widely in nature in the form of the molybdopterin-bound Mo and W-containing enzymes.

Active site of the enzyme DMSO reductase features two pyranopterindithiolene ligands.[8]

1,2-Dithiolene complexes applications are numerous, and span from superconductivity, to linear and non linear optics, to biochemistry. Commercial applications of 1,2-dithiolene complexes are limited. A few dithiolene complexes have been commercialized as dyes in laser applications (Q-switching, mode-locking). 1,2-Dithiolene complexes have been discussed in the context of

conductivity, magnetism, and nonlinear optics. It was proposed to use dithiolene metal complexes that bind unsaturated hydrocarbons at the sulfur centers for industrial olefin (alkene) purifications.[9] However, the complexities within such systems became later apparent, and it was argued that more research would be needed before using metal dithiolene complexes in alkene purifications may become practical.[10]

Preparation

From alkenedithiolates

Most dithiolene complexes are prepared by reaction of alkali metal salts of 1,2-alkenedithiolates with metal halides. A thiolate is the conjugate base of a thiol, so alkenedithiolate is, formally speaking, the conjugate base of an alkenedithiol. Common alkenedithiolates are 1,3-dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate[11] and maleonitriledithiolate (mnt2−):[12]

Ni2+ + 2 (NC)2C2S2−2 → Ni[S2C2(CN)2]2−2

Some alkenedithiolates are generated in situ, often by complex organic reactions:

cis-H2C2(SCH2Ph)2 + 4 Na → cis-H2C2(SNa)2 + 2 NaCH2Ph

Once generated, these anions are deployed as ligands:

NiCl2 + 2 cis-H2C2(SNa)2 → Na2[Ni(S2C2H2)2] + 2 NaCl

Often the initially formed, electron-rich complex undergoes spontaneous air-oxidation:

2 [Ni(S2C2H2)2]2− + 4 H+ + O2 → 2 Ni(S2C2H2)2 + 2 H2O
Structure of (C5H5)2Mo2(S2C2H2)2, featuring a bridging dithiolene ligand. It was prepared by the addition of acetylene to (C5H5)2Mo2S4.[13]

From acyloins

An early and still powerful method for the synthesis of dithiolenes entails the reaction of α-hydroxyketones,

aryl
).

From dithietes

Although 1,2-dithiones are rare and thus not useful precursors, their valence isomer, the 1,2-dithietes are occasionally used. One of the more common dithiete is the distillable (CF3)2C2S2. This electrophilic reagent oxidatively adds to many low valent metals to give bis- and tris(dithiolene) complexes.

Mo(CO)6 + 3 (CF3)2C2S2 → [(CF3)2C2S2]3Mo + 6 CO
Ni(CO)4 + 2 (CF3)2C2S2 → [(CF3)2C2S2]2Ni + 4 CO

By reactions of metal sulfides with alkynes

Species of the type Ni[S2C2

Ar2]2 were first prepared by reactions of nickel sulfides with diphenylacetylene. More modern versions of this method entail the reaction of electrophilic acetylenes such as dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate
with well defined polysulfido complexes.

History and nomenclature

Early studies on dithiolene ligands, although not called by that name until the 1960s,

maleonitrile-1,2-dithiolate
("mnt"), (NC)2C2S2−2, and ethylenedithiolene, H2C2S2−2.

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