Oxidative-addition of thiuram disulfides to osmium(0): Synthesis of cis-[Os(CO)2(S2CNR2)2] (R = Me, Et, Cy, CH2CH2OMe) and molecular structures of cis-[Os(CO)2(S2<
Thiuram disulfides undergo oxidative-addition to triosmium clusters to yield osmium(II)bis(dithiocarbamate) complexes cis-[Os(CO)2(S2CNR2)2]. A crystallographic study on cis-[Os(CO)2(S2CNMe2)2] reveals the expected octahedral geometry and cis-carbonyl groups.