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DOI: 10.1039/A901251F (Paper) Reference Section for: J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 1041-1042

The synthesis and structure of a neutral tetranuclear zinc(II) complex [Zn4(L)4] [LH2 = N,N-bis(2-mercaptoethyl)benzylamine]

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Douglas J. E. Spencer, Alexander J. Blake, Simon Parsons and Martin Schröder

Abstract

The reaction of benzylamine with ethylene sulfide yields the monoamine–dithiol N,N-bis(2-mercaptoethyl)benzylamine, LH2. Reaction of Na2L with Zn(BF4)2 affords the neutral tetranuclear complex [Zn4L4], which shows an unusual Zn4S4 metallacyclic structure.

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