Trigonal twist angle, tris-bidentate complex

Fig. 5. The trigonal twist angle for a tris-bidentate complex.

Figure 29 Trigonal twist angle 9 in tris(bidentate) complexes with configurations (a) d, d", and d -d and (b) d -d, d , and d °.

Values of the normalized bite b and the twist angle 8 for these complexes are given in Table 14. In sharp contrast to other tris(chelate) complexes, it is very clear that 8 is not a simple function of b. In all cases 8 is lower than predicted, and in many cases the trigonal prism with 8 = 0° is observed. These dithiolate ligands are clearly different from other bidentate ligands, even other sulfur donors such as MeSCH=CHS, dithioacetylacetonate, dithiooxalate, dithiophosphates, dithiocarbamates and xanthates. 

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