Chemistry Letters, Vol.34, No.3, 362-363, 2005
Alkylation of nonbridging thiolato groups in an S-bridged (CoPdCoIII)-Pd-III-Co-II trinuclear complex: Control of geometrical isomerism by tuning trans influence due to sulfur donors
The methylation of two terminal nonbridging thiolato groups in syn-[Pd{Co(aet)(3)}(2)](2+) (aet = 2-aminoethanethiolate) was accompanied by the syn-to-anti isomerization, while the benzylation proceeded with retention of the syn configuration. The molecular structures of two alkylated (CoPdCoIII)-Pd-III-Co-II complexes were determined by X-ray crystallography.