Functionalised dithiocarbamate complexes: Synthesis and molecular structures of 2-diethylaminoethyl and 3-dimethylaminopropyl dithiocarbamate complexes [M{S2CN(CH2CH2NEt2)2}n] and [M{S2CN(CH2CH2CH2NMe2)2}n] (n=2, M = Ni, Cu, Zn, Pd; n=3, M = Co)

The amine-functionalised dithiocarbamate salts K[S2CN(CH2CH2NEt2)(2)] and K[S2CN(CH2CH2CH2NMe2)(2)] have been prepared and used for the synthesis of a number of bis and tris-dithiocarbamate complexes. The molecular structures of five of these namely, [M{S2CN(CH2CH2NEt2)(2)}(2)] (M = Cu, Ni), [M{S2CN(CH2CH2CH2NMe2)(2)}(2)] (M = Cu, Pd) and [Co{S2CN(CH2CH2CH2NMe2)(2)}(3)], have been elucidated by X-ray crystallography. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.