Iron tris(dithiocarbamate)s are typically are prepared by salt metathesis reactions.

[2] The phenomenon of spin crossover (SCO) was first reported in 1931 by Cambi et al. who observed anomalous magnetic behavior for the tris(N,N-dialkyldithiocarbamatoiron(III) complexes.

[4] In the case of Fe(Et2dtc)3, X-ray crystallography reveals that the Fe-S bonds are 231 pm at 79K but 356 pm at 297 K. These data indicate a low-spin configuration at low temperatures and a high spin configuration near room temperature.

[2] Iron tris(dithiocarbamate)s characteristically react with nitric oxide to give Fe(dtc)2NO.

[5] Reflecting the strongly donating properties of dithiocarbamate ligands, iron tris(dithiocarbamate)s oxidize at relatively mild potentials to give isolable iron(IV) derivatives [Fe(S2CNR2)3]+.