Louise J. McCaffrey, William Henderson, Brian K. Nicholson, Jane E. Mackay and Maarten B. Dinger
A series of platinum(II), palladium(II) and
nickel(II) complexes containing thiosalicylate ligands have
been prepared by the reaction of [MX2L2] complexes
[X = halide or acetate; L or
L2 = ancillary neutral donor ligand such as a
tertiary phosphine or cycloocta-1,5-diene (cod)] with thiosalicylic acid
in methanol with added pyridine. Displacement of the cod ligand from
[Pt(SC6H4CO
2)(cod)]
with phosphines and phosphites allows the synthesis of additional
derivatives. The complexes
[
Pt(SC6H4CO
2)(PPh
3)2] and
[
Ni(SC6H4CO
2)(dppp)]
[dppp = 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane] have been the
subjects of single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. While both
complexes contain the expected approximately square-planar metal
co-ordination environments, the plane of the thiosalicylate ligand is
inclined at an angle of 45.9° to the platinum co-ordination plane,
but at only 9.4° to the nickel plane. The results of an electrospray
mass spectrometry study of the thiosalicylate complexes and some related
thioglycolate, 2-sulfanylpropionate and salicylate derivatives are
discussed in terms of the stabilities of the complexes.