Structures of polynuclear thallium(I) and copper(II)-thallium(I) complexes with dialkyldithiocarbamates: 13C and 15N CP/MAS NMR, EPR, and X-ray diffraction studies

A comparative study of polynuclear thallium complexes with dialkyldithiocarbamates [Tl2{S2CNR2}2]n (R = CH3, i-C3H7, C4H9, and i-C4H9; R2 = (CH2)6) was performed by solid-state 13C and 15N CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy. The dithiocarbamate groups were found to be structurally equivalent in the complexes studied. An increase in the positive inductive effect of alkyl substituents at the N atom increased 15N chemical shifts as a result of a combination of positive inductive effect of the alkyl substituents and the mesomeric effect of=NC(S)S-groups. The first representative of thallium(I) complexes with a cyclic dithiocarbamate ligand [Tl2{S2CN(CH2)6}2]n was obtained. Its molecular structure was determined from X-ray diffraction data. The β-form of the isotope-substituted complex [63/65CuTl2{S2CN(CH2)6}4] was obtained and examined by EPR spectroscopy. The EPR spectra were modeled at the second order of the perturbation theory. The spin density at the thallium atoms was calculated and its distribution over the AOs of thallium was determined.