1- Amidino-2-thiourea complexes

The series of Zn(II) complexes with 1-amidino-3-aryl-substituted-thioureas [121], acetamidomalondihydroxymate [122], benzilbisthiosemicarbazone [123], novel fluorene-substituted terpyridine [124], per-fluoroalkoxy-substituted phthalocyanine [125], and 3-carboxylacetonehydroxamic acid [126] were synthesized. The behavior of these complexes was investigated by spectroscopic and electrochemical methods. 

A,TV-Dimethyl-A -phenylthiourea has been shown to coordinate to Rh111 as an N—S bidentate involving four-membered chelate ring formation.154 N-Substituted thioamides also may bond in this manner.155 156 l-Amidino-2-thioureas (44) may behave either as N—S or as N—N bidentates, with this donor choice being dependent mainly on pH and the nature of the metal ion.157 As N—S donors they are known to stabilize lower oxidation states.158 As part of a study on Mo—S-containing complexes as models for redox-active molybdoenzymes, Dilworth et al. have shown that some p-(substituted)phenylhydrazines may coordinate as N—S bidentates in three different ways to one metal atom.159 The three diazenido, diazene and hydrazonido forms vary in their degree of deprotonation and therefore their anionic nature. 

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