Abstract A bidentate ligand, 3-aminopropanethiolate (apt), was synthesized and treated with RhCl 3· 3H 2 O in basic water to yield a novel mononuclear complex, fac (S)-[Rh (apt) 3](1), which was characterized by spectroscopic methods. Furthermore, the reaction of 1 with CoCl 2· 6H 2 O in water formed the linear-type, S-bridged trinuclear complexes ΔΛ-[Co {Rh (apt) 3} 2] 3+(2a) and ΔΔ/ΛΛ-[Co {Rh (apt) 3} 2] 3+(2b), which were characterized by ...
