Dmit

Sodium 1,3-dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate

Sodium 1,3-dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate

Chemical compound

Sodium 1,3-dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate is the organosulfur compound with the formula Na2C3S5, abbreviated Na2dmit. It is the sodium salt of the conjugate base of the 4,5-bis(sulfanyl)-1,3-dithiole-2-thione. The salt is a precursor to dithiolene complexes and tetrathiafulvalenes.[1]

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Reduction of carbon disulfide with sodium affords sodium 1,3-dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate together with sodium trithiocarbonate:

4 Na + 4 CS2 → Na2C3S5 + Na2CS3

Before the characterization of dmit2-, reduction of CS2 was thought to give tetrathiooxalate (Na2C2S4).[2]

The dianion C3S52- is purified as the tetraethylammonium salt of the zincate complex [Zn(C3S5)2]2-. This salt converts to the bis(thioester) upon treatment with benzoyl chloride:[3][1]

[N(C2H5)4]2[Zn(C3S5)2] + 4 C6H5COCl → 2 C3S3(SC(O)C6H5)2 + [N(C2H5)4]2[ZnCl4]

Cleavage of the thioester with sodium methoxide gives sodium 1,3-dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate:

C3S3(SC(O)C6H5)2 + 2 NaOCH3 → Na2C3S5 + 2 C6H5CO2Me
Structure of [Zn(dmit)2]2-.[4]

Na2dmit undergoes S-alkylation.[5] Heating solutions of Na2dmit gives the isomeric 1,2-dithioledithiolate.

References

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    "4,5-Dibenzoyl-1,3-dithiole-1-thione". Org. Synth. 73: 270. 1996. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.073.0270.
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    Dietzsch, W.; Strauch, P.; Hoyer, E. (1992). "Thio-oxalates: Their Ligand Properties and Coordination Chemistry". Coord. Chem. Rev. 121: 43–130. doi:10.1016/0010-8545(92)80065-Y.
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    G. S. Girolami, T. B. Rauchfuss and R. J. Angelici (1999) Synthesis and Technique in Inorganic Chemistry, University Science Books: Mill Valley, CA.ISBN 0-935702-48-2
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    W.T.A. Harrison; R.A. Howie; J.L. Wardell; S.M.S.V. Wardell; N.M. Comerlato; L.A.S. Costa; A.C. Silvino; A.I. de Oliveira; R.M. Silva (2000). "Crystal structures of three [bis(1,3-dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolato)zincate]2− salts: [Q]2[Zn(dmit)2] (Q = 1,4-Me2-pyridinium or NEt4) and [PPh4]2[Zn(dmit)2]·DMSO. Comparison of the dianion packing arrangements in [Q]2[Zn(dmit)2]". Polyhedron. 19 (7): 821–827. doi:10.1016/S0277-5387(00)00322-3.
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    Niels Svenstrup; Jan Becher (1995). "The Organic Chemistry of 1,3-Dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate (DMIT)". Synthesis. 1995 (3): 215–235. doi:10.1055/s-1995-3910. S2CID 196762382.
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