Using sulfide ion to substitute the weakly copper(I)-philic ligands of MS
4-n2-O
n/Cu
+ compounds, (M = Mo, W;
n = 0, 1), we have prepared and characterized four novel tetradecanuclear clusters having the general formula[(
n-Bu)
4N]
4[M
4Cu
10S
16E
2E']H
2O, (M = Mo, E = E' = O for complex
1; M = W, E =
1/
2O +
1/
2S, E' = O, forcomplex
2; M = Mo, E = S, E' =
1/
2O +
1/
2S for complex
3; M = W, E = E' = S, for complex
4). Crystalstructures of compounds
1-
4 were determined; they are isomorphous and crystallized in the orthorhombic spacegroup
Pna2
1, with
a = 26.6997(2) Å,
b = 19.3133(4) Å,
c = 21.4577(4) Å,
V = 11064.9(3) Å
3,
Z = 4 for[(
n-Bu)
4N]
4[Mo
4Cu
10S
18O]·H
2O (
3) and with
a = 26.8141(8) Å,
b = 19.4412(6) Å,
c = 21.4039(5) Å,
V =11157.8(5) Å
3,
Z = 4 for [(
n-Bu)
4N]
4[W
4Cu
10S
19]·H
2O (
4). The cluster cores have approximate
symmetry.The anions
1-
4 may be viewed as consisting of one incomplete cubane-like Cu
3MS
3E fragment, one trigonalprism-type Cu
3MS
4, and two butterfly-type Cu
2MS
3E' fragments, bridged by two
3-S and one
4-S atoms. Thereare two (
3-S)Cu
3 configurations in the compounds. Infrared, Raman, and UV/vis spectra of the above compoundsare discussed, and the main absorption bands are assigned.
95Mo NMR spectra and cylic voltammograms areinvestigated and compared with those of other compounds,
95Mo NMR spectra show that in the solution there arethree kinds of coordination environments of Mo in complexes
1 and
3, and cyclic voltammograms indicate thatcomplexes
1-
4 have irreversible electrochemical reductions.