Synthesis and coordination chemistry of fluorinated xanthate ligands

Alkali metal, copper, nickel and rhodium complexes of alkylated [S2COC8H17] and fluoroalkylated xanthate ligands [S2COCmH2mCnF2n+1] (m = 2, n = 4, 6; m = 3, n = 1, 8) have been prepared in high yields and characterised by elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, IR and NMR spectroscopies. The structures of [Cu(S2COC8H17)(PPh3)2], [Cu(S2COC3H6CF3)(PPh3)2], [Ni(S2COC3H6CF3)2], [Cp*RhCl(S2COC8H17)] and [Cp*RhCl(S2COC3H6CF3)] have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction.