Metal complexes of diaryl and 2,2′-dipyridyl disulfides

Abstract

The variable transformations of the S‒S bond in the presence of metal complexes generally depend upon the different reaction conditions used. In this review, the synthesis and coordination versatility of complexes derived from diaryl and 2,2′ -dipyridyl disulfide have been discussed in the absence or presence of other donor groups.

Keywords:

• metal
• coordination
• diaryl
• 2,2′ -dipyridyl
• disulfide
• synthesis

Acknowledgements

One of the authors is grateful to Tertiary Education Commission for grant of scholarship. We also wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for their critical and useful comments. We are also thankful to all the authors for giving us permission to reproduce some of their results and figures in our review.