Syntheses, crystal structures and spectroscopic characterization of some confacial bioctahedral ditungsten(III) complexes with thioether bridges: [Cl3W(µ-Et2S)3WCl3]·MeCN and [SMe3][Cl3W-(µ-Me2S)2(µ-Cl)WCl3]·EtCN
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.
- No. 1,p. 115-120
- https://doi.org/10.1039/dt9910000115
Abstract
Reduction of WCl4 with 1 equivalent of Na/Hg in a refluxing thioether solution produced [Cl3W(µ-L)3WCl3][L = tetrahydrothiophene(tht) or Et2S] in ca. 80% yields. Subsequent recrystallization from CH2Cl2 and MeCN gave [Cl3W(µ-tht)3WCl3]1 and [Cl3W(µ-Et2S)3WCl3]·MeCN 2, respectively. These complexes can also be prepared, in lower yields, by the same reactions carried out at ambient temperature or by refluxing WCl4, thioether and Na/Hg in toluene solution. Analogous reactions with Me2S yield exclusively [SMe3][Cl3W(µ-Me2S)2(µ-Cl)WCl3] which was recrystallized from EtCN to yield the monosolvate, 3. The structures of 2 and 3 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, which showed that both complexes possess a confacial bioctahedral framework, with three Et2S bridges in 2 and two Me2S and one Cl in 3. The W–W distances, 2.4990(9) in 2 and 2.4752(8)Å3 are compatible with triple bond character, while the W–(µ-S) distances are relatively short. The structure of compound 1 was shown spectroscopically to be analogous to that of 2. Proton NMR spectroscopic studies show that the W(µ-thioether)3W unit is resistant to attack by halide ions.Keywords
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