摘要:
Treatment of the cationic, incomplete cubane-type sulfido clusters [M3S4X3(diphos)(3)](+) (M = Mo, W; X = Cl, Br; diphos = dmpe (1,2-bis(dimethylphosphanyl)ethane), dppe (1,2-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)ethane)) with an excess of [Ni(cod)(2)] (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) afforded the heterobimetallic single cube clusters [M3NiS4X3(diphos)(3)(CH3CN)](+) as PF6- salts. The acetonitrile ligand could be substituted by pyridine, tetrahydrothiophene and carbon monoxide in CH2Cl2 at room temperature, modelling the catalytic sites of heterogeneous Ni-MoS2 hydrodesulfurization catalysts. X-ray crystal structure analyses of [MO3NiS4Cl3(dmpe)(3)(CH3CN)]BPh4 and [W3NiS4Br3(dmpe)(3)(CO)]PF6 are reported. Electrochemical studies by cyclic voltammetry reported for all heterobimetallic [M3NiS4] clusters show two quasireversible oxidation processes, the molybdenum complexes being ca. 0.2 V more difficult to oxidize than the tungsten analogues. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.