S-dimethyl sulfoxide complexes

Crystallographic studies on S-dimethyl sulfoxide complexes (Table III) show that the geometry of the Me2SO moiety is virtually unaffected by coordination. Values of O—C of —107° compare favorably with the values of 106.7° and 106.8° reported for free dimethyl sulfoxide. Similarly, reported values of C—C between 99.4(6)° and 104.5(7)° compare with the value of 97.4° reported for the free molecule. A slight increase in C— —C would be expected on repulsion... 

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