In the study on the reactivity of tetraselenomolybdate, a DMF
solution of [Et4N]2[MoSe4]
was found to react
with 3 equiv of CuCl in the presence of
NaS2CNR2 [R2 =
Et2, C5H10,
(PhCH2)2, Me2] to give a series of
Mo−Cu−Se compounds,
[Et4N]2[MoCu3Se4(R2NCS2)3]
(R2 = Et2 (1a),
C5H10 (1b),
(PhCH2)2 (1c)) and
[Et4N]2[MoCu4Se4(Me2NCS2)4]
(2). Furthermore, the reaction of 2 or
[Et4N]2[MoSe4(CuCN)2]
with
[Et4N]2[Cu(SPh)3] in
DMF/MeCN afforded a polynuclear Mo−Cu−Se cluster compound,
[Et4N]4[MoCu10Se4(PhS)12]
(3).
[Et4N]2[MoCu3Se4(Et2NCS2)3]
(1a) crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group
P212121 with cell
dimensions a
= 12.949(3) Å, b = 13.339(3) Å, c
= 29.744(6) Å, V = 5137.6 Å3,
and Z = 4. Full anisotropic refinements
of
the structure led to convergence with a value of R = 0.052
(R
w = 0.055) for 453 variables and 6854
reflections
(F > 4.0σ(F)). The
[MoCu3Se4(Et2NCS2)3]2-
anion in 1a comprises three
Et2NCS2Cu fragments linked by
a
slightly distorted tetrahedral MoSe4 moiety. Compound
2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group
Pbca
with cell constants a = 14.600(3) Å, b
= 18.765(4) Å, c = 37.781(8) Å, V
= 10351 Å3, and Z = 8.
Anisotropic
refinements with 5328 reflections (F >
4.0σ(F)) and 460 parameters for all non-hydrogen
atoms yielded the
values of R = 0.075 and R
w =
0.080. The
[MoCu4Se4(Me2NCS2)4]2-
anion structure of 2, which possesses a
pseudo D
2
d
symmetry of
the MoSe4Cu4 core and a nearly planar
MoCu4 array, consists of four
Me2NCS2Cu
fragments coordinated across four edges of the tetrahedral
[MoSe4]2- moiety. The
compound
[Et4N]4[MoCu10Se4(PhS)12] (3) crystallizes in
the tetragonal space group I4̄ with cell
dimensions a = 18.344(3) Å, c =
18.368(4)
Å, V = 6180.9 Å3, and Z = 2.
A value of R = 0.079 (R
w =
0.084) for 218 parameters and 3314 observations
(F > 4.0σ(F)) was obtained from
anisotropic refinements of the non-hydrogen atoms. The
[MoCu10Se4(PhS)12]4-
anion structure of 3 can be described as six Cu atoms bonded
across the six edges of a central MoSe4
tetrahedron,
forming an octahedral MoSe4Cu6 array, to
which the other four Cu atoms are added in a tetrahedral array
bridged
by 12 μ-SPh ligands. The 95Mo NMR spectra of
the all compounds in DMF show a single resonance peak.
Their chemical shifts are dependent on the deshielding effect from
the number of the Cu atoms around Mo atom
and the structures of the compounds. The 1H NMR, IR,
and electronic spectroscopic data of these compounds
are also consistent with their solid-state structures.