Planar bismuth compounds exhibit tunable Lewis acidity and high catalytic activity for lactone polymerization.

Organoindium compounds of redox active 1,2-benzenedithiolate and 2-amidobenzenethiolate ligands were synthesized and tested for reactivity against mild oxidants. The reaction of Me 3 In and (NCN)InMe 2 [NCN = 2,6-bis(dimethylaminomethy)phenyl] with 3,4-toluenedithiol (H 2 tdt) at room temperature afforded [MeIn(tdt)(py)] 2 (1) and (NCN)In(tdt) (2), respectively. A similar reaction of Me 3 In with 2-aminobenzenethiol (H 2 abt) in toluene under reflux afforded [MeIn(abt)(py)] 2 (3). The reaction of (NCN)InCl 2 with one equivalent of Li 2 (abt) or two equivalents of Li(Habt) afforded the compounds [(NCN)In(abt)]•LiCl(thf) 2 (4•LiCl(thf) 2 ) and (NCN)In(Habt) 2 (5), respectively. The X-ray crystal structures of 1 and 3 are similar and show dimeric structures via μ-S-(tdt) and μ-N-(abt) ligands, respectively. Compounds 2 and 4 possess similar monomeric structures and tridentate NCN pincer ligands. DFT computational studies have been used to rationalize the observed solid-state structures and discern the potential reactivity of compounds 1-4 against oxidants. The reaction of 1 and 2 with excess iodine resulted in loss of the 3,4-toluenedithiolate ligand and the formation of the oligomeric disulfide [tdt] n , while 3 and 4 showed no reactivity under similar conditions. This contrasts the reactivity of previously reported organoindium o-amidophenolate complexes which undergo oxidative addition of iodine to afford ligand-centered radical species.

The known 1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-ones with crystal structures reported in the Cambridge Structural Database are limited (13 to date) and this article expands the library to 15. In addition, convenient starting materials for the future exploration of 1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-ones are detailed. An unexpected halogenated propanamide has also been identified as a by-product of one reaction, presumably reacting with HCl generated in situ. The space group of 5-[(E)-2-chloroethenyl]-1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-one, C4H2ClNO2S, (1), is P21, with a high Z′ value of 6; the space group of rac-2,3-dibromo-3-chloropropanamide, C3H4Br2ClNO, (2), is P21, with Z′ = 4; and the structure of rac-5-(1,2-dibromo-2-phenylethyl)-1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-one, C10H7Br2NO2S, (3), crystallizes in the space group Pca21, with Z′ = 1. Both of the structures of compounds 2 and 3 are modeled with two-component disorder and each molecular site hosts both of the enantiomers of the racemic pairs (S,S)/(R,R) and (R,S)/(S,R), respectively.

A series of iminopyridine ligands were prepared from the condensation reaction of 6-methylpyridine-2-carboxaldehyde and long chain aliphatic primary amines. Square planar platinum(II) complexes were synthesized from the reaction of [PtCl2(η2-coe)]2 (coe = cis-cyclooctene) with two equivalents of ligand. The synthesis of the platinum compounds appears to go through a 5-coordinate trigonal pyramidal species where coe remains coordinated initially but eventually dissociates to afford the 4-coordinate complexes. Ligands and platinum complexes were characterized using multi-nuclear NMR and FT-IR spectroscopies as well as an X-ray diffraction study for the platinum complex derived from n-hexylamine. The cytotoxic properties of the platinum complexes against the ovarian cancer cell line SKOV-3 using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) colorimetric method were examined. Relative cytotoxicities of the platinum complexes follow a trend of greater potency with increasing chain length against the SKOV-3 cell line, with the longest aliphatic hydrocarbon chain (C16) exhibiting anticancer effects comparable to that of cisplatin.

In the title compound, C8H5NS3, the dihedral angle between the heterocyclic ring and the phenyl ring is 2.62 (5)°. In the extended structure, aromatic π–π stacking between the 1,4,2-dithiazole-5-thione moiety and the phenyl ring is observed [centroid–centroid distances = 3.717 (6) and 3.712 (6) Å]. The almost planar molecules arrange themselves in parallel chains of head-to-tail molecules oriented by a network of weak C—H...S contacts close to the sum of their van der Waals radii within the chains. All the hydrogen atoms participate in hydrogen-bonding interactions with the sulfur and nitrogen atoms of adjacent molecules. C=S...S contacts between the chains that are significantly shorter than the sum of their van der Waals radii also impact the overall packing.