Aspects of the Coordination Chemistry of 1,1′‐Bis(benzothiazol‐2‐ylthio)ferrocene

1,1′-Bis(benzothiazol-2-ylthio)ferrocene (1) acts as a bridging bidentate N,N-ligand and affords coordination polymers with a range of CuI, AgI, CuII, ZnII and HgII salts. The crystal structures of [Ag(CF3SO3)(μ-1)]n, [CuCl2(μ-1)]n, [ZnCl2(μ-1)]n and [HgBr2(μ-1)]n have been determined. The silver atom exhibits a weak contact to a cyclopentadienyl π-system in addition to its trigonal-planar coordination. The copper atom is in a square-planar coordination environment, whereas the coordination of zinc and mercury is best described as distorted tetrahedral in the corresponding complexes.