33S and 13C hyperfine interactions in the single-crystal EPR spectra of 63Cu(II) bis(diethyl-dithiocarbamate)

A detailed analysis of the 33S and 13C ligand hyperfine interactions observed in the single-crystal EPR spectra of 63Cu-labelled copper(II)bis(diethyl-dithiocarbamate), diamagnetically diluted by the corresponding Ni(II)-complex, is reported. The 33S hyperfine tensors are nearly axial symmetric; the unique axes are found to lie along the CuS bond directions. The observation of two different sets of 33S splitting parameters is in agreement with the presence of a rhombic distortion of the planar ligand field. The 13C hyperfine tensor is isotropic within experimental error. The bonding situation of the electronic ground state is discussed. In order to explain the unusually small linewidths observed the electron spin-lattice relaxation time was measured in the temperature-range 2 ≤ T ≤ 77 K. © 1977