Reactions of orthomanganated aryl ketones with PhNSO and related species: A new route to orthomanganated imines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(95)06082-8

PhN=S=O reacts with some orthomanganated acetophenones to replace the ketone oxygen with a Ph-N group, so generating the corresponding orthomanganated imine. No insertion into the Mn-C bond was observed, in contrast to analogous reactions of SO₂. The related PhS(O)₂N=S=O or (PhS(O)₂N=)₂S did not react under the same conditions. The X-ray crystal structure of one of the new imine complexes, η²-3-chloro-2-[1-(N-phenylimino)ethyl]phenyltetracarbonylmanganese, was determined.