E. Abel, M. Beckett, P. Bates
1988
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Polyhedron
Abstract
Abstract Sodium dimethyldithioarsinate(V) undergoes metathesis with the tetrameric trimethylplatinum chloride to yield the binuclear complex [(PtMe3)2(Me2AsS2)2] in which the two arsenic atoms are cis relative to the four-membered Pt2S2 ring. Pyridine and phosphines(L) break down the sulphur bridged dimer to form mononuclear complexes [PtMe3(Me2AsS2)L], in which the dimethyldithioarsinate(V) ligand retains its chelate role. Neither the binuclear nor mononuclear complexes show any detectable fluxionality. An X-ray diffraction study of [(PtMe3)2(Me2AsS2)2] is reported.