Bj. Kim et al., Niobium persulfide complexes: synthesis and structural characterization of[Et4N][NbO(S-2)(2)(bpy)]center dot DMF, [PPN][NbO(CS3)(S-2)(bpy)] and [Et4N][NbO(S2C2(CO2Me)(2))(S-2)(bpy)]center dot DMF complexes, POLYHEDRON, 20(18), 2001, pp. 2279-2284
The novel monomeric niobium persulfide complex, [Et4N][NbO(S-2)(2)(bpy)](DM
F)-D-. (1) was synthesized by the reaction of NbO(SPh)(4)(-) with elemental
sulfur in the presence of 2,2 ' -dipyridyl in DMF. The reaction of I with
carbon disulfide (CS2) and dimethylacetylene dicarboxylate (DMA) affords [P
NP][NbO(CS3)(S-2)(bpy)] (II) and [Et4N][NbO(S2C2(CO2Me)(2))(S-2)(bpy)](DMF)
-D-. (III) complexes, respectively. In this reaction, insertion reactions o
f the electrophile occurred at only one site of two equivalent disulfide li
gands. In each complex, the Nb atom is seven coordinated and the anion has
a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal geometry. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier
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