Synthesis and structures of Mo3Se7Te2Br10, Mo3Se7TeI6, and Mo6Te21I22 containing TeX3- (X=Br, I) ligands coordinated to a triangular cluster core

Maxim N Sokolov; Artem L Gushchin; Pavel A Abramov; Alexander V Virovets; Eugenia V Peresypkina; Vladimir P Fedin

doi:10.1021/ic0700553

Synthesis and structures of Mo3Se7Te2Br10, Mo3Se7TeI6, and Mo6Te21I22 containing TeX3- (X=Br, I) ligands coordinated to a triangular cluster core

Inorg Chem. 2007 May 28;46(11):4677-82. doi: 10.1021/ic0700553. Epub 2007 Apr 28.

Authors

Maxim N Sokolov¹, Artem L Gushchin, Pavel A Abramov, Alexander V Virovets, Eugenia V Peresypkina, Vladimir P Fedin

Affiliation

¹ Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Lavrentieva 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. caesar@che.nsk.su

PMID: 17465541
DOI: 10.1021/ic0700553

Abstract

New ternary and quaternary molybdenum cluster chalcohalides were obtained by high-temperature reactions between Mo, chalcogens, and halogens in evacuated ampules. The crystal structures of [Mo3Se7(TeBr3)Br2]2[Te2Br10] (1), [Mo3Se7(TeI3)I2]I (2), and [Mo3Te7(TeI3)3]2(I)(TeI3) (3) were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structures of 1 and 2 consist of positively charged zigzag chains infinity1 [Mo3Se7(TeX3)X4/2] (X=Br, I), with Te2Br102- and I-, respectively, as counterions. The TeI3- and TeBr3- ions function as bidentate ligands in 1 and 2. In 3, TeI3- is not coordinated to the metal but acts as a counterion to the [Mo3Te7(TeI3)3]+ cluster cation.