A study of the nature of coordination in metal monothiocarbamates based on infrared spectroscopy and the HSAB concept

Crosby, AB and Magee, RJ and O’Connor, MJ and Tantry, KN and Rao, CNR (1979) A study of the nature of coordination in metal monothiocarbamates based on infrared spectroscopy and the HSAB concept. In: Journal of Chemical Sciences, 88 (6). pp. 393-399.

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Abstract

The nature of coordination in metal monothiocarbamates is shown to depend on the hardness or softness of the metal ton. Thus, the monothiocarbamate ion acts as a monodentate ligand with metal-sulphur bending when the metal ion is a soft acid while it acts as a bidentate ligand when the metal ion is a hard acid; it can exhibit either behaviour when the metal ion is a borderline acid. In dialkyltin and dialkylmonocholorotin complexes, the monothiocarbamate ion acts as a bidentate ligand with strong Sn-S bonding while in trialkyl-or triaryl-tin complexes it acts essentially as a monodentate ligand. Thus, R3Sn(I) seems to be a soft or borderline acid while R2Sn(II) is a hard acid.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer.
Keywords:	Monothiocarbamates;hard and soft acids;infrared spectra of monothiocarbamates;organotin monothiocarbamates.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2010 06:37
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:51
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/24765

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