page_title: Metal dithiolene complex
hierarchical_section_title: Metal dithiolene complex
caption_attribution_description: structure of tris)dithiolene)Mo
context_page_description: Metal dithiolene complexes are complexes containing dithiolene ligands. Dithiolene ligands are unsaturated bidentate ligand wherein the two donor atoms are sulfur. Dithiolenes are often referred to as "metallodithiolenes" or "dithiolene complexes". Most molybdenum- and tungsten-containing proteins have dithiolene-like moieties at their active sites, which feature the so-called molybdopterin cofactor bound to the Mo or W.
  Metal dithiolenes have been studied since the 1960s when they were first popularized by Gerhard N. Schrauzer and Volker P. Mayweg, who prepared nickel bis by the reaction of nickel sulfide and diphenylacetylene. The structural, spectroscopic, and electrochemical properties of many related complexes have been described.
context_section_description: Metal dithiolene complexes are complexes containing dithiolene ligands.  Dithiolene ligands are unsaturated bidentate ligand wherein the two donor atoms are sulfur. Dithiolenes are often referred to as "metallodithiolenes" or "dithiolene complexes".  Most molybdenum- and tungsten-containing proteins have dithiolene-like moieties at their active sites, which feature the so-called molybdopterin cofactor bound to the Mo or W.
  Metal dithiolenes have been studied since the 1960s when they were first popularized by Gerhard N. Schrauzer and Volker P. Mayweg, who prepared nickel bis(stilbenedithiolate) (Ni(S₂C₂Ph₂)₂) by the reaction of nickel sulfide and diphenylacetylene.  The structural, spectroscopic, and electrochemical properties of many related complexes have been described.
caption: Structure of Mo(S2C2Ph2)3.
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