Dithiete

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Dithiete is an unsaturated heterocyclic compound that contains two adjacent sulfur atoms and two sp2-hybridized carbon centers. Derivatives are known collectively as dithietes or 1,2-dithietes. With 6 π electrons, 1,2-dithietes are examples of aromatic organosulfur compounds. A few 1,2-dithietes have been isolated;[1][2][3] one (low-yielding) route is oxidation of a dithiolene complex.[4] 3,4-Bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,2-dithiete is a particularly stable example.

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Dithiete
Kekulé, skeletal formula of dithiete with all explicit hydrogens added
Kekulé, skeletal formula of dithiete with all explicit hydrogens added
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
1,2-Dithiete
Systematic IUPAC name
1,2-Dithiacyclobut-3-ene
Other names
Dithiete
Dithiacyclobutene
1,2-Dithia[4]annulene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/C2H2S2/c1-2-4-3-1/h1-2H checkY
    Key: CTGHONDBXRRMRC-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • c1css1
  • S1SC=C1
Properties
C2H2S2
Molar mass 90.16 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related thietes
Thiete
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Unsubstituted 1,2-dithiete has been generated in thermolytic reactions and was characterized by microwave spectroscopy, ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy in a low temperature matrix. The open ring isomer, dithioglyoxal, HC(S)C(S)H, is less stable than the 1,2-dithiete.[5]

The dithione can be prepared (as trans-dithioglyoxal) by low temperature photolysis of 1,3-dithiol-2-one.[6] Quantum chemical calculations reproduce the observed greater stability of 1,2-dithiete only if large basis-sets with polarization functions are used.[7]

Structure of the dithiete S2C2(CO2Me)2. Selected distances and angles: rC=C = 1.362, rC-S = 1.738, rS-S = 2.072 Å, <S-S-C = 78.3°, <S-C-S = 102°.[4]

See also

  • Dithietane - the corresponding saturated ring
  • Thiete - an analogue with only one sulfur atom

Additional reading

  • Diehl, F.; Meyer, H.; Schweig, A.; Hess, B. A.; Fabian, J. (September 1989). "1,2-Dithiete is more stable than 1,2-dithioglyoxal as evidenced by a combined experimental and theoretical IR spectroscopic approach". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111 (19): 7651–7653. Bibcode:1989JAChS.111.7651D. doi:10.1021/ja00201a076.
  • Vijay, D; Priyakumar, UD; Sastry, GN (2004). "Basis set and method dependence of the relative energies of C2S2H2 isomers". Chemical Physics Letters. 383 (1–2): 192–197. Bibcode:2004CPL...383..192V. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2003.11.021.
  • Jonas, V; Frenking, G (1991). "On the crucial importance of polarization functions for the calculation of molecules with third-row elements: the conformations of chlorocarbonyl isocyanate ClC(O)NCO and the equilibrium of 1,2-dithioglyoxal with its cyclic isomer 1,2-dithiete". Chemical Physics Letters. 177 (2): 175–183. Bibcode:1991CPL...177..175J. doi:10.1016/0009-2614(91)90064-G.
  • Gonzalez, L; Mo, O; Yanez, M (13 December 1996). "High-level ab initio calculations on the 1,2-dithioglyoxal/1,2-dithiete isomerism". Chemical Physics Letters. 263 (3): 407–413(7). Bibcode:1996CPL...263..407G. doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(96)01240-7.

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