Mercury(II) 2-Aminoethanethiolate Clusters: Intramolecular Transformations and Mechanisms
- 29 July 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Inorganic Chemistry
- Vol. 45 (18), 7261-7268
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ic060863e
Abstract
The combination of HgF2 and 2-aminoethanethiol (AET, with some AET·HCl present) yielded a cyclic tetranuclear thiolate, [Hg4Cl4(SCH2CH2NH2)4] (1), with alternating Hg and S atoms. The Cl from the reaction mixture led to the formation of Hg−Cl bonds with no Hg−F in the final product. In contrast, a similar reaction with HgBr2 yielded a nonanuclear cluster, [Hg9Br15(SCH2CH2NH3)15]3+ (2), and the disulfide salt {[HgBr4][(NH3CH2CH2S−)2]} (3). Despite similar reactions, the AET groups in 2 are protonated compared to the nonprotonated amine groups in 1, which allows the ligand to chelate the Hg atom in the latter compound. The reaction with HgI2 yielded a cyclic tetranuclear compound, [Hg4I6(SCH2CH2NH2)2(SCH2CH2NH3)2](H2O/EtOH) (4), containing protonated and nonprotonated AET groups. Compound 4 at room temperature irreversibly rearranges to [Hg4I4(SCH2CH2NH2)4] (5), which is isostructural to 1. A systematic pathway for the formation of 1 along with the intramolecular conversion of 4 to 5 is proposed. These compounds demonstrate that very diverse Hg−S compounds form under similar reaction conditions.Keywords
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