Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.931-940, 2018 (Scopus)
© 2018, Turkish Chemical Society. All rights reserved.Four known dithiophosphinic acids, DTPA, were synthesized and their zinc complexes were newly prepared. The complexes have been proven to have the structures [Zn(µ-DTPAn)2(DTPAn)2], ([DTPAn]= Rn(R)P(S)H, R= 4-CH3O-C6H4-; R1= iso-amyl-, DTPA1; R2= iso-butyl-, DTPA2; R3= sec-butyl-, DTPA3; R4= iso-propyl-, DTPA4). The DTPAs were prepared by the reaction of the Lawesson reagent, [2,4–bis(4-methoxyphenyl)–1,3,2,4–dithiodiphosphetane–2,4–disulfide] (LR), with the corresponding Grignard compounds. The acids formed are viscous liquids difficult to purify and so they were converted to ammonium salts, [DTPAn][NH4], which are easy to obtain as pure crystals. The complexes were identified to have dimeric structures on the basis of mass spectroscopic data.