Tris 0-ethyl dithiocarbonato chromium III

Tris(0-ethyl dithiocarbonato) chromium (III), first reported by Hlasiwetz,1 was prepared by the reaction of anhydrous chromium... 

Tris(0-ethyl dithiocarbonato)chromium(III) is obtained as a dark blue crystalline powder which decomposes at 100 to 140°. The indium(III) ethylxanthate complex forms small colorless crystals which decompose at 130 to 150°.16,17 The cobalt (III) ethylxanthate complex is isolated as a dark green crystalline powder whose decomposition temperature determined by use of a thermal balance is 135 to 137° (lit. value, 117° 2 118 to 119°8). These compounds decompose slowly in air and more rapidly when heated in solution. The tripositive chromium, indium, and cobalt complexes are insoluble in water but are soluble in many organic solvents (Table T). 

Methods for the preparation of tris(0-ethyl dithiocarbonato) complexes of chromium(III), indium(III), and cobalt(III) are presented and serve to illustrate procedures applicable to the preparation of O-alkyl dithiocarbonato, alkyl trithiocarbonato, iV,A7-dialkyldithiocarbamato, and 0,0 -dialkyl dithiophosphato complexes of several metals. 

TABLE I Solubilities of Tris(0-ethyl dithiocarbonato) Complexes of Chromium(III), Indium(III), and Cobalt(III) in Organic Solvents at 25°... 

X-ray powder diagrams obtained by the Guinier method show the tris (0-ethyl dithiocarbonato) complexes of chro-mium(III), indium(III), cobalt(III), iron(III), arsenic(III), and antimony(III) to be isomorphous. Carrai and Gottardi have determined the structure of the arsenic(III) and anti-mony(III) complexes. Crystallographic data for the cobalt (III) and chromium (III) ethyixanthate complexes are given by Derenzini and Franzini and Schiaffino, respectively. 

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