The electrochemical oxidation of a metallic anode (zinc or cadmium) in an acetonitrile solution of a series ofarenephosphinothiol ligands, 2-(Ph
2P)C
6H
4SH, 2-(Ph
2P)-6-(Me
3Si)C
6H
3SH, 2-(Ph
2PO)-6-(Me
3Si)C
6H
3SH, and PhP(C
6H
4SH-2)
2 [abbreviated RP-(SH)
x,
x = 1 or 2], affords [M(RP-S)
2] and [M(RP-S
2)], M = Zn, Cd. Adducts ofseveral of these compounds with 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2'-bipyridine have also been obtained by addition ofthese coligands to the electrolysis phase. The compounds obtained have been characterized by microanalysis, IR,UV-visible, FAB spectrometry and
1H,
31P NMR spectroscopic studies. The compounds, [Cd
2{2-(Ph
2PO)C
6H
4S}
4]CH
3CN (
1), [Zn{2-(Ph
2P)-6-(Me
3Si)C
6H
3S}
2] (
2), [Cd{2-(Ph
2PO)-6-(Me
3Si)C
6H
3S}
2(CH
3OH)] (
3), and[Zn{PhPO(C
6H
4S-2)
2}(bipy)] (
4), have been also characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound
1is binuclear with a {Cd
2S
2} core and distorted trigonal bipyramidal {CdO
2S
3} geometry about the Cd sites.Compounds
2,
3, and
4 are mononuclear with distorted tetrahedral {ZnP
2S
2}, distorted square pyramidal {CdO
3S
2},and distorted trigonal bipyramidal {ZnON
2S
2} geometries, respectively. Crystal data:
1, C
42H
37N
3O
2P
2S
2Cd,triclinic,
P,
a = 13.5780(2) Å,
b = 13.8505(2) Å,
c = 13.9526(2) Å,
= 106.622(1)
,
= 109.693(1)
,
=107.137(1)
,
V = 2133.30(5) Å
3,
Z = 2, 9560 reflections,
R = 0.0483;
2, C
46H
50N
2P
2S
2Si
2Zn, monoclinic,
C2/
c,
a = 21.332(4) Å,
b = 9.391(2) Å,
c = 25.938(5) Å,
= 113.84(3)
,
V = 4753(2) Å
3,
Z = 4,
2564 reflections,
R = 0.0377;
3, C
43H
48CdO
3P
2S
2Si
2, triclinic,
P,
a = 12.1237(4) Å,
b = 14.0568(4) Å,
c = 15.0938(2) Å,
=70.836(2)
,
= 83.410(2)
,
= 65.397(2)
,
V = 2208.7(1) Å
3,
Z = 2, 4936 reflections,
R = 0.0738;
4, C
29H
22Cl
3N
2OP
2S
2Zn, triclinic,
P,
a = 8.9556(3) Å,
b = 12.7911(4) Å,
c = 14.0598(5) Å,
= 82.671(1)
,
=73.140(1)
,
= 74.113(1)
,
V = 1480.44(9)(1) Å
3,
Z = 2, 3820 reflections,
R = 0.0511.