Synthesis and crystal structure of square-planar and mixed ligand octahedral nickel(II) O,O'-dicyclopentyl dithiophosphate complexes

Abstract

Ammonium O,O'-dicyclopentylphosphorodithioate (dcpdtp) has been synthesized from phosphorus pentasulphide and cyclopentanol in the presence of ammonia gas. Its complexes, I=[Ni(dcpdtp)₂] and II= [Ni(bp)₂(dcpdtp)2] (bp=4-benzylpiperidine), have been synthesized and their structures characterized by using UV-vis, IR spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility measurements and X-ray single crystal structural analysis. The complexes crystallize in the triclinic system (space groups P ī) and exhibit a slightly distorted square planar [NiS₄] and trans-octahedral [NiS₄N₂] geometry for the complexes I and II, respectively.