The electrochemical oxidation of anodic indium in non-aqueous solutions of a series of C&i q, ) gives the unusual indium(i) compounds In[SR(SH)], containing the alkanethiol(thio1ato) ligand. These compounds can be deprotonated by either NEt, or NBun40H to form salts of the [Inl(S,R)] -anion; this anionic complex can be oxidized b y I, to the corresponding indium(iii) species [Inllll,(S,R)] -, which can also be produced by successive I , oxidation and deprotonation of In ' [SR(SH)]. Reaction with the o-quinones 0-X4C60, gives the catecholato derivatives [In~11{SR(SH)}(0,C6X4-o)] (X = CI or Br). Carbon disulphide insertion occurs at only one In-S bond. With thallium, the products of electrochemical oxidation are TI,(S,R) in all the cases studied.

Thispaper is dedicated to Professor Douglas E. Ryarz on the occasior~ of his 65th birthday CORRADO GELOSO, RAJESH KUMAR, JAIME ROMERO LOPEZ-GRADO, and DENNIS G. TUCK. Can. J. Chem. 65, 928 (1987).Dialkyldithiocarbamate derivatives (R,NCS~),,M of a number of metals (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Zn, Cd, In, T1) have been synthesised in good yield by electrochemical oxidation of appropriate sacrificial anodes in non-aqueous solutions of either the corresponding tetraalkylthiuram disulphide (RzNCS2)2 (R = Me, Et) or a mixture of carbon disulphide plus the secondary amine R2NH (R = Et, i-Pr; R2NH = piperidine). Similar experiments with solutions of (EtO),P(S)SH (= HL) gave ML, derivatives (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Hg, Ga, In, T1) while in the presence of HL + 1 ,lo-phenanthroline, ML,, .phen derivatives were obtained for M = V, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, and Ga.CORRADO GELOSO, RAJESH KUMAR, JAIME ROMERO LOPEZ-GRADO et DENNIS G. TUCK. Can. J. Chem. 65, 928 (1987).On a synthCtisC avec de bons rendements les derives dialkyldithiocarbamates (R2NCS2),,M d'un certain nombre de metau (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Zn, Cd, In, T1) en mettant en jeu l'oxydation Clectrochimique d'anodes sacrifices appropriees dans des solutions non-aqueuses soit des disulfures de tCtraalkylthiurames correspondants (R2NCS2)2 (R = Me, Et) soit d'un melange de disulfure de carbone plus l'amine secondaire R2NH (R = Et, i-Pr; RzNH = piperidhe). Des experiences semblables avec des solutions de (EtO)?P(S)SH (= HL) conduisent aux derives ML,, (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Hg, Ga, In, T1) alors que, en presence de HL + phenanthroline-l,10, on obtient des derives ML,, .phen (M = V, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn et Ga).[Traduit par la revue]

The electrochemical oxidation of anodic indium in MeCN solution of a series of alkanedithiols such as (II) gives unusual In(I) compounds of the formulation (III) which are probably cross‐linked homopolymers.