“…However, the coordination chemistry of trisulfide-containing molecules is far less investigated, which is surprising in view of the high abundance of metals in biological systems. − A Cambridge database search revealed only four crystallographically characterized examples of a metal complex with a directly coordinated S 3 unit. ,,, Some of them were prepared by the solvo- and hydrothermal synthesis of mercaptopyrimidine disulfide and a metal precursor. ,, While this gives some insight into the coordination properties of the biologically active class of compounds, the thermal synthesis is usually nonselective because several sulfur-containing products were detected. ,, Thus, there is a high need for a better understanding of the coordination chemistry of S 3 units, as well as for their formation from sulfur precursors in the presence of metal salts.…”