A mononuclear 16-electron Cp-cobalt(III)-dithiolate complex of the general formula [(
5-Cp)Co(Cab
S,S')] (
2) (Cab
S,S' = 1,2-S
2C
2B
10H
10-
S,S') has been prepared by treatment of CpCo(CO)I
2 with the corresponding dilithium dithiolato ligand Li
2Cab
S,S' (
1). Experiments aimedat the characterization of new coordination modes for
2 are described. The reaction of
2with BH
3·THF produces an unexpected bimetallic cobalt dithiolate complex, [((
5-Cp)Co)
2(Cab
S,S')] (
3). A second new bonding mode for
2 was generated by treatment of
2 with Lewisbases (L) to give [(
5-Cp)Co(Cab
S,S')(L)] (L = CNBu
t (
4a), PEt
3 (
4b)), the 18-electron speciesof which consists of a mononuclear
2 coordinated through a dative Co-L bond. A third newbonding mode for
2 is illustrated by [(
5-Cp)Co(Cab
S,S')(
1-CH
2SiMe
3-
S)] (
5). Reaction of
2with (trimethylsilyl)diazomethane resulted in the formation of the alkylidene-bridged complex
5, containing a Co-C-S three-membered ring. The formation of
4 and
5 has also beeninvestigated electrochemically. Consequently, the addition of organic and organometalliccompounds into the Co-S bond of
2 has been investigated. Thus, the syntheses of half-sandwich cobalt(III) complexes [(
5-Cp)Co(Cab
S,S')(L)] [L =
5-CpCo-
S,S' (
3),
1-R
1C=CR
2-
S(
6: R
1 = R
2 = COOMe (
6a); R
1 = H R
2 = Ph (
6b); R
1 = H R
2 = SiMe
3 (
6c))] are reported. Inaddition, the solid-state structures of
3,
4b,
5, and
6a were characterized by single-crystalX-ray analyses.