Dithiete

Dithiete
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).

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.

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]
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  3. ^ Donahue, JP; Holm, RH (1998). "3,4-Bis(1-adamantyl)-1,2-dithiete: the First Structurally Characterized Dithiete Unsupported by a Ring or Benzenoid Frame". Acta Crystallographica. C54 (8): 1175–1178. doi:10.1107/S0108270198002935. PMID 9760719.
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  5. ^ Reinhard Schulz; Armin Schweig; Klaus Hartke; Joachim Koester (1983). "Theory and application of photoelectron spectroscopy. 100. Variable-temperature photoelectron spectral study of 1,3-dithiol-2-one and 4,5-disubstituted 1,3-dithiol-2-ones. Thermal generation of 1,2-dithiete, 3,4-disubstituted 1,2-dithietes, and dialkyl tetrathiooxalates". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105 (14): 4519–4528. doi:10.1021/ja00352a004.
  6. ^ Mucha, M; Pagacza, M; Mielke, Z (6 June 2008). "Infrared detection of dithioglyoxal from photolysis of 1,3-dithiol-2-one in solid argon and nitrogen". Chemical Physics Letters. 458 (1–3): 39–43. Bibcode:2008CPL...458...39M. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2008.04.088.
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