1,1-ethylenedithiolato complexes of palladium(II) and platinum(II) with isocyanide and carbene ligands

The reactions of Tl(2)S(2)C=CC(O)Me](2)]](n) with MCl(2)(NCPh)(2)] and CNR (1:1:2) give complexes Meta(2)-S(2)C=CC(O)Me](2)](CNR)(2)] R = (t)Bu, M = Pd (1a), Pt (1b); R = C(6)H(3)Me(2)-2,6 (Xy), M = Pd (2a), Pt (2b)]. Compound 1b reacts with AgClO(4) (1:1) to give Pt(CN(t)Bu)(2)](2)Ag(2)mu(2),eta(2)-(S,S')-S(2)C=CC(O)Me](2)](2)]](ClO(4))(2) (3). The reactions of 1 or 2 with diethylamine give mixed isocyanide carbene complexes Meta(2)-S(2)C=CC(O)Me](2)](CNR)C(NEt(2))(NHR)]] R = (t)Bu, M = Pd (4a), Pt (4b); R = Xy, M = Pd (5a), Pt (5b)] regardless of the molar ratio of the reagents. The same complexes react with an excess of ammonia to give Meta(2)-(S,S')-S(2)C=CC(O)Me](2)](CN(t)Bu)C(NH(2))(NH(t)Bu)]] M = Pd (6a), Pt (6b)] or Meta(2)-(S,S')-S(2)C=CC(O)Me](2)]C(NH(2))(NHXy)](2)] M = Pd (7a), Pt (7b)] probably depending on steric factors. The crystal structures of 2b, 4a, and 4b have been determined. Compounds 4a and 4b are isostructural. They all display distorted square planar metal environments and chelating planar E,Z-2,2-diacetyl-1,1-ethylenedithiolato ligands that coordinate through the sulfur atoms.