10.1039/b206101e
The study focuses on the synthesis and crystal structures of complexes involving 2-mercaptonicotinic acid (HnicSH) with palladium(II), platinum(II), rhenium(III), and molybdenum(VI) and (V). The chemicals used include 2-mercaptonicotinic acid, Pd(II), Pt(II), Re(III), Mo(VI), and Mo(V) salts, as well as ligands like PPh3 (triphenylphosphine) and bipy (2,2'-bipyridine). These chemicals serve to form new complexes, which are characterized by vibrational spectroscopy and NMR. The study aims to understand the coordination modes of the ambidentate ligand HnicSH, which can involve either the sulfur or nitrogen atoms in coordination with the metal centers. The complexes were found to exhibit different coordination modes, such as monodentate (S) and chelating (N,S), and were further investigated for their potential in oxygen atom transfer reactions, with the molybdenum complex showing catalytic activity towards the oxidation of benzoin and PPh3 with dmso.