title: A bis-bipyridine osmium(II) complex with an N,S-chelating 2-aminoethanesulfinate: photoinduced conversion of an amine to an imine donor group by air oxidation.
abstract: Treatment of [Os(bpy)(2)Cl(2)] (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) with 2-aminoethanethiolate was accompanied by air oxidation to give [Os(2-aminoethanesulfinato-N,S)(bpy)(2)](+) ([1](+)), which was further oxidized by air to be converted into [Os(2-iminoethanesulfinato-N,S)(bpy)(2)](+) ([2](+)) under photoirradiation. Complex [2](+) was reverted back to [1](+) by treatment with BH(4)(-).
authors: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
authors: Motoshi
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authors: Tamura
authors: Kiyoshi
authors: K
authors: Tsuge
authors: Asako
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authors: Igashira-Kamiyama
authors: Takumi
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