Tetrathiatetraza-azulene; synthesis and X-ray crystal structure
Abstract
Tetrasulphur tetranitride and phenyl vinyl sulphoxide or sulphone react to give a novel planar delocalised 14π electron aromatic system, 1λ4δ2,3,5,7λ4δ2-tetrathia-2,4,6,8-tetraza-azulene (4) in which all the S4N4 atoms have been retained; the molecules form parallel overlapping stacks with a minimum interplanar atomic separation of 3.26 Å.