N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-N-methyldithiocarbamato Complexes of Nickel(II) with Phosphorus Donor Ligands

Planar nickel(II) complexes involving N‐(2‐Hydroxyethyl)‐N‐methyldithiocarbamate, such as [NiX(nmedtc)(PPh3)] (X = Cl, NCS; PPh3 = triphenylphosphine), and [Ni(nmedtc)(P‐P)]ClO4(P‐P = 1,1‐bis(diphenylphosphino)methane(dppm); 1,3‐bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (1,3‐dppp); 1,4‐bis(diphenylphosphino)butane(1,4‐dppb) have been synthesized. The complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses, IR and electronic spectroscopies. The increased νC–N value in all the complexes is due to the mesomeric drift of electrons from the dithiocarbamate ligands to the metal atom. Single crystal X‐ray structure of [Ni(nmedtc)(1,3‐dppp)]ClO4·H2O is reported. In the present 1,3‐dppp chelate, the P–Ni–P angle is higher than that found in 1,2‐bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane‐nickel chelates and lower than 1,4‐bis(diphenylphosphino)butane‐nickel chelates, as a result of presence of the flexible propyl back bone connecting the two phosphorus atoms of the complex.