Synthesis and characterization of ruthenium dithiocarbamate complexes

Piperidine carbodithioate (Pipdtc), morpholine-4-(Morphdtc), thiomorpholine-4-(Timdtc), piperazine-4-(Pzdtc) and N-methylpiperazine-4-carbodithioate (CH3-Pzdtc) complexes of ruthenium have been prepared and characterized by spectroscopic methods (IR and electronic spectra), magnetic susceptibilities and conductivity measurements. Where possible a tentative stereochemistry of the complexes is discussed based upon the obtained results. The dithiocarbamate ligands show in all the complexes a bidentate behaviour. A distorted octahedral geometry is proposed for the water containing 1:2 derivatives: in fact from a detailed analysis of the infrared spectra the water resulted always coordinated to the metal. The Pzdtc 1:2 derivative resulted polymeric octahedral with the NH group of the heterocyclic ring involved in the coordination.