Sunlight Photolysis of Decamethyltitanocene Dihydrosulfide Affords the Titanium Sulfide Cage Clusters (Cp*Ti)₆S₈ and (Cp*Ti)₄S₆

Abstract

Sunlight photolysis of decamethyltitanocene dihydrosulfide [Cp* 2 Ti(SH) 2 ] (1, Cp* = η 5 -C 5 Me 5 ) in toluene affords the titanium sulfide clusters [(Cp*Ti) 6 (μ 3 -S) 8 ] (4) and [(Cp*Ti) 4 (μ 3 -S) 3 (μ 2 -S) 3 ] (5), the former in very low yield and the latter in good yield. The crystal structures of both compounds are toluene solvates and are based on a nearly regular titanium oc-[a] J. Selye University, Faculty of Education, Bratislavská cesta 3322, 945 01 Komárno, Slovak Republic [b] J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i.,