O-Tolyldithiocarbonate Complexes of Iron(II) and Iron(III)

Abstract

Reactions of O-tolyldithiocarbonate ligands, (o-, m-, and p-CH₃C₆H₄O)CS₂Na, with anhydrous FeCl₂ (1:2 molar ratio) and with FeCl₃ (1:1 and 1:3 molar ratio) yielded the complexes [{(CreO)CS₂}₂Fe] and [{(CreO)CS₂}_nFeCl_3–n] (Cre = o-, m-, and p-CH₃C₆H₄; n = 1 and 3), respectively. These complexes were reacted with nitrogen and phosphorus donor ligands in dichloromethane, which afforded the adducts corresponded to [{(CreO)CS₂}₂Fe.xL] and [(CreO)CS₂FeCl₂.xL] {x = 1, L = N₂C₁₂H₈; x = 2, L = NC₅H₅, P(C₆H₅)₃}. Elemental analyses and IR, UV-visible, and mass spectroscopic and magnetic studies indicated bidentate mode of bonding by dithiocarbonate ligands leading to sixcoordination around the iron atom as a consequence of Fe…Fe interaction in the complexes [{(CreO)CS₂}₂Fe] and [(CreO)CS₂FeCl₂]. The complexes exhibited antifungal activity. The fungicidal activity of the complexes has been tested by poisoned food technique using fungi Fusarium sp.

Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements for the following free supplemental resource: Antifungal Activity.     

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