Refinement,comparisonal study and EPR measurements on the molecular structure of NN‐diethyldithiocarbamate of Zn(II) and Cd(II)

The accidental formation of Zn(II) bis(N,N‐diethyldithiocarbamate) (1) and Cd(II) bis(N,N diethyldithiocarbamate) (2) during the synthesis of the target heterobinuclear Mo‐Cd‐dithiocarbamate or Mo‐Zn‐dithiocarbamtes were crystallized and the molecular structures were determined. As the dispute over the presence of Mo with Zn‐dithiocarbamate existed, single crystal EPR measurement was performed. Interestingly the doublet EPR signals of ⁶³Cu and ⁶⁵Cu patterns were observed. Single crystals of Zn₂(Et₂dtc)₄ containing approximately 2% of Cu²⁺ in the host lattice showed the doublet spectral characteristic of the Cu²⁺ ions (S = 1/2, I = 3/2). Both the molecular structures 1 and 2 were identical dimers. The cell parameters of the crystals were refined with low residual factor compared to those of the reported structures. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)