ChemInform Abstract: Transition Metal 1,2-Bidentate Thiolates as Building Blocks and Their Construction into Cluster Complexes

Simple fragments of transition metal 1,2-bidentate thiolates, the so-called building blocks of the general compositions ML3, ML2, ML, M(O)L2, ML2L′, MLL′, etc. have been proposed to constitute the di-, tri- and tetranuclear complexes concerned in this review. Structureal regularities and characteristics have been discussed and summarized according to the thiolato ligands edt and pdt, bdt and tdt, mp, and mpo, and mpp, respectively.