Benzylic oligothioethers as ditopic ligands for Group 6 transition metal carbonyls

FK Gormley, J Gronbach, SM Draper…

Index: Gormley, Fiona K.; Gronbach, Julie; Draper, Sylvia M.; Davis, Anthony P. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2000 , # 2 p. 173 - 179

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Abstract

The co-ordination preferences of a family of novel thioethers based on (alkylsulfanylmethyl) benzene were examined. The alkyl chain length and the number and position of the thioether substituents were varied. The ligands were synthesized by coupling the alkanethiol to the appropriate benzyl bromide or via the reaction of benzyl mercaptans with bromoethane; Cs2CO3–DMF was employed as the base–solvent mixture. The molecular ...