Title
Main Group Metal Halide Complexes with Sterically Hindered Thioureas: Part XVII. The Crystal and Molecular Structures of Two New Tellurium Chloride Complexes with 1,3-dimethyl-2(3H)-imidazolethione
Department
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2000
Abstract
In an attempt to determine the crystal and molecular structure of previously reported [TeCl2(dmit)4] (1) [dmit=1,3-dimethyl-2(3H)-imidazolethione], recrystallization in hot acetonitrile yielded two new complexes, [TeCl2(dmit)2] (2) and [TeCl4(dmit)2] (3) as determined by X-ray crystallography. The structure of 2 consists of a cis-substituted square planar geometry with the thione rings both oriented on the same side of the TeS2Cl2 plane. The complex undergoes very slow decomposition in air. The structure of 3 is a near-octahedral arrangement with the thione ligands trans to each other
Recommended Citation
Williams DJ, Bevilacqua VLH, Morson PA, Pennington WT, Schimek GL, Kawai NT. 2000. Main group metal halide complexes with sterically hindered thioureas: Part XVII. the crystal and molecular structures of two new tellurium chloride complexes with 1,3-dimethyl-2(3H)-imidazolethione. Inorg Chim Acta 308(1-2):129-34.