title: A Cu(II) mediated new desulfurization pathway involving elimination of ethylene sulfide.
abstract: Reaction of thiodiacetate anion (tda) with [Cu(TMEDA)(NO3)2] (TMEDA = N,N,N'N'-tetramethyl ethylene-diamine) in a stoichiometric ratio afforded the complex {[Cu(TMEDA)(tda)]·(H2TMEDA)(NO3)2·H2O} (1). When [Cu(TMEDA)(NO3)2] was added in excess, it yielded a μ-oxalato complex {[Cu2(TMEDA)2(μ-ox)(H2O)2](NO3)2·2CH3CN} (2). The reaction involves a facile room temperature desulfurization of the thiodiacetate moiety via elimination of ethylene sulfide (thiirane).
authors: Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India. s_bhatt@bhu.ac.in.
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