The crystalline heteroleptic bismuth(III) complexes, [Bi{S2CN(iso-C4H9)2}2(NO3)] (I) and [Bi{S2CN(C3H7)2}2Cl] (II), are isolated in preparative yields. Both compounds form 1D polymer structures and are characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis (CIF files CCDC nos. 1877115 (I) and 1876364 (II)) and (13C, 15N) CP-MAS NMR spectroscopy. The coordination mode of each of the dialkyldithiocarbamate ligands is S,S′-anisobidentately terminal. The inorganic anions performing the μ2-bridging function participate in the binding of the adjacent metallic atoms to form zigzag polymer chains. A new mode of bismuth(III) binding involving all oxygen atoms (O,O'-anisobidentate coordination to each adjacent bismuth atom) is found for the bridging nitrate groups in compound I. The bismuth atoms in the studied compounds are characterized by the eightfold [BiS4O4] (I) or sixfold [BiS4Cl2] (II) environment. The thermal behavior of the synthesized complexes is characterized by the data of simultaneous thermal analysis, using parallel recording of thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry curves. In both cases, Bi2S3 is the only final product of the thermal transformations of compounds I and II.

Tri-p-tolylbismuth perchlorate (1) and μ-oxo-bis[(perchlorato)tri-p-tolylbismuth] (2) have been synthesized by the reaction between tri-p-tolylbismuth dibromide and silver perchlorate and its hydrate. The complexes have been studied by chemical analysis, IR spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 is triclinic, space group Pī, Z = 4, a =10.7271(9) Å, b = 13.5585(11) Å, c = 18.1592(13) Å, α = 110.867(3)°, β = 94.944(3)°, γ = 96.888(3)°, V = 2426.3(3) Å3, ρcalcd = 1.865 g/cm3; complex 2 crystallizes in trigonal symmetry, space group R\(\bar 3\), a = 13.1157(2) Å, c = 22.1959(2) Å, γ = 120°, V = 3306.64(8) Å3, ρcalcd = 1.777 g/cm3. The bismuth atoms in the molecular structure of complex 1 have a distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination to the apically arranged oxygen atoms of perchlorate ions (Bi–C, 2.180(5)–2.201(5) Å; Bi–O, 2.324(4)–2.355(4) Å; OBiO axial angles, 170.1(1)°, 174.5(1)°). The structure of complex 2 contains binuclear [p-Tol3Bi(ClO4)]2O molecules (Bi–O, 2.371(15), 1.9107(7) Å; OBiO axial angle, 180.0°).