1,3-Thiazoline-2-thione-4,5-dithiolato, an efficient building block towards functionalized dithiadiazafulvalenes

The first synthesis and X-ray structural determination of the bis(tetraethylammonium) Zn dithiolene complex involving N-methyl-1,3-thiazoline-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate, [NEt4]2[Zn(Me-thiazdt)2], are reported. The reactivity of this dithiolene complex as a nucleophilic dithiolate synthon and as a precursor of the air sensitive electron rich olefine, the bis ethylenedithiodithiadiazafulvalene (BEDT–DTDAF), is also described.