Monothiocarbonate derivatives of diorganotellurium(IV), R2Te[SCO2R′]2, and R2TeX[SCO2R′], where R = Me, Ph; R′ = Me, i-Pr; X = Cl, Br, and I, have been prepared and characterized by vibrational and 1H, 13C, and 125Te NMR spectroscopy. Me2Te[SCO2(i-Pr)]2 (2): P21/n (No. 14) with cell parameters a = 6.942(6) Å, b = 25.599(3) Å, c = 9.404(6) Å, β = 94.48(6)°, V = 1666(1) Å3, Z = 4, R = 0.0648, Rw = 0.0624; Ph2Te[SCO2(i-Pr)]2 (4): P21/n (No. 14) with a = 12.360(4) Å, b = 12.277(3) Å, c = 15.066(3) Å, β = 102.82(2)°, V = 2229.1(9) Å3, Z = 4, R = 0.0368, Rw = 0.0312; Me2TeCl[SCO2Me] (5); P21/c (No. 14) with a = 5.193(2) Å, b = 18.118(4) Å, c = 9.613(5) Å, β = 91.31(6)°, V = 904.2(6) Å3, Z = 4, R = 0.0396, Rw = 0.0361; and Me2TeBr[SCO2(i-Pr)] (8): P21/n (No. 14) with a = 11.701(2) Å, b = 6.250(2) Å, c = 16.152(2) Å, β = 98.43(1)°, V = 1168.4(4) Å3, Z = 4, R = 0.0369, Rw = 0.0325. In all molecules, the immediate environment about tellurium is that of the saw-horse structure in which the lone pair is assumed to be stereochemically active and occupying an equatorial position in a distorted trigonal bipyramid. In 2 and 5, the terminal oxygen atoms are oriented toward tellurium, whereas in 4, one O(i-Pr) group is oriented toward tellurium, as it is in 8. In the latter cases, the terminal oxygen atoms act as weak bridges to form a pseudo dimeric species in 4 and a pseudo polymer in 8. Supramolecular interactions in 2 and 5 lead to a sulfur-bridged dimer in the former and a chlorine-bridged polymer in the latter. Key words: structure, tellurium, dimethyl, diphenyl, monothiocarbonates.
Mixed ligand derivatives of Me2TeLL'2, where L = N,N-dialkyl dithiocarbamate or O,O-alkylene dithiophosphate and L' = O-alkyl dithiocarbonate, have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, 1H, 13C, 31P, and 125Te NMR spectroscopy and infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallography. Me2Te[S2CNMe2][S2COEt], 8: P[Formula: see text] (no. 2), with cell parameters a = 10.073(3) Å, b = 10.139(2) Å, c = 9.108(2) Å, α = 92.36(2)°, β = 115.55(2)°, γ = 111.19(2)°, V = 760.7(4) Å3, Z = 2, R = 0.0343, Rw = 0.0296. Me2Te[S2CNEt2][S2COMe], 9: P21/c (no. 14) with cell parameters a = 9.881(4) Å, b = 17.671(3) Å, c = 10.149(4) Å, β = 113.65(3)°, V = 1623.3(10) Å3, Z = 4, R = 0.0567, Rw = 0.0514. The immediate environment about tellurium in both molecules is essentially that of a saw-horse structure in which the lone pair is apparently stereochemically active and occupying an equatorial position in a distorted trigonal bipyramid. The S-Te-S angles in the two molecules are 166.87(6)° and 162.0(1)° for 8 and 9, respectively. In both molecules, the TeS bonds to the dithiocarbamate groups are slightly shorter than those to dithiocarbonates. The dithiocarbamate groups are oriented to give secondary interactions involving the apparently terminal sulfur atoms resulting in TeS distances of 3.205(2) and 3.277(4) Å, respectively, in 8 and 9. However, only in 9 is there a similar TeS distance of 3.346(5) Å involving the S2COMe group because in 8, the OEt group of S2COEt, rather than the terminal S atom, is oriented toward Te. Key words: structure, tellurium, methyl, dithiocarbamates, dithiocarbonates, dithiophosphates.