Bis(μ-N-benzyl-N-tetradecyldithiocarbamato-κ2S:S′)bis[(N-benzyl-N-tetradecyldithiocarbamato-κ2S,S′)zinc(II)]

Abstract

In the title compound, [Zn2(C22H36NS2)4], two bidentate dithiocarbamate groups chelate directly to the ZnII atoms, whereas the two remaining dithiocarbamate ligands bridge the Zn atoms via a crystallographic inversion centre. The Zn atoms show a strongly distorted tetrahedral geometry. Adding the long S...S distance with the inversion centre being in the middle, the resulting five-coordinate geometry around the Zn atoms can be considered to be between distorted rectangular pyramidal and trigonal bipyramidal, with a calculated τ value of 0.31. In this dimer complex, two inversion-related tetradecyl carbon chains exhibit all-trans conformations, and the other two chains show a cis conformation at the end of the chains.