Transition metal sulfoxide complex
class of chemical compounds
A transition metal sulfoxide complex is a coordination complex containing one or more sulfoxide ligands. The inventory is large.
Scope of sulfoxide ligands
The most common sulfoxide ligand is dimethyl sulfoxide (dmso). Many sulfoxides are known because an enormous range of organic substituents are possible. When the two substituents differ, the ligand is chiral. Chiral sulfoxides are configurationally stable. One example is methyl phenyl sulfoxide.
Structures
Sulfoxides can bind to metals by the oxygen atom or by sulfur. This dichotomy is called linkage isomerism. O-bonded sulfoxide ligands are far more common, especially for 1st row metals.
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