Cykliczne tia- i oksatiaetery o prostej budowie chemicznej

Cyclic thiaethers and oxathiaethers, more often found in the chemical literature as sulfur or sulfur-oxygen analogs of crown ethers (and appearing most often under such names), are an interesting group of organic compounds with large complexing potential, and hence - their application possibilities. However, they are not common research object. This may be due to the fact that many of these compounds are obtained with rather low yields, and moreover, compounds with harmful and dangerous effects on living organisms are sometimes used in their synthesis. Methylene-sulfur cyclic derivatives were very often obtained as random products on the occasion of the preparation of other compounds. Similarly, their complexes have not been presented in large numbers in the chemical literature. The next two groups of compounds: ethylene-sulfur and ethylene-oxysulfur cyclic derivatives are much more frequent and more numerous in the literature. This may be due to the fact that these compounds are similar in structure to the very well-known oxygen crown ethers. All the compounds discussed here have potential possibility and form complexes with a wide variety of metal ions - from alkali to lanthanoid ions. They also form bimetallic complexes, as well as the so-called coordination polymers. The type of complex formed and the central ion with which the complex is formed depends on the type of ligand used for its synthesis. The article presents the current state of knowledge about these dependencies. Attempts to use complexes of these compounds in microelectronics, phototherapy or photodiagnostics, photography and solid phase separation of ions were also presented.