@article {31307,
	title = {Synthesis and characterization of dithioethers, and their RuII and RuIII complexes},
	journal = {Inorganica Chimica Acta},
	volume = {494},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {49 - 54},
	abstract = {<p>The syntheses of nine, new dithioethers of the type RS(CH2)xSR, where x = 2 or 3 and R is an alkyl chain, as well as the known x = 2, R = phenyl or cyclohexyl compounds, are reported. The known dithioethers react with RuCl3\&middot;3H2O to form trans-RuCl2(dithioether)2 complexes 1 (R = Ph) and 2 (R = C6H11), whereas from the other dithioethers RuCl2[RS(CH2)xSR]2(μ-Cl)2 complexes have been isolated, where x = 3, and R = Et (complex 3), nPr (complex 4), nBu (complex 5), and R = npentyl (complex 6). The complexes are well characterized, including X-ray structures for complexes 1\&ndash;4. The interest in these compounds stems from oxidation of the dithioethers to the corresponding disulfoxides and their Ru complexes.</p>},
	keywords = {Dithioethers, Ru(II and III) complexes, X-ray structures},
	issn = {0020-1693},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2019.04.056},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020169319303871},
	author = {Elizabeth L.S. Cheu and Donald T.T. Yapp and Brian O. Patrick and Brian R. James}
}
