Issue 98, 2018

From oxide to a new type of molecular tungsten compound: formation of bitetrahedral cluster complexes [{W64-O)23-CCN)4}(CN)16]10− and [{W64-O)23-As)4}(CN)16]10−

Abstract

Tungsten trioxide has been found to be a convenient precursor for the synthesis of metal cluster compounds with new types of cluster cores. The reaction between WO3 and KCN led to the formation of the cluster complex [{W64-O)23-CCN)4}(CN)16]10−. Unexpectedly, it includes the fully deprotonated form of acetonitrile, the CCN3− anion, as a μ3-bridging ligand coordinated to the trigonal faces of the bitetrahedral W6 metallocluster. A similar complex [{W64-O)23-As)4}(CN)16]10− containing μ3-As3− ligands instead of μ3-CCN3− ones has been synthesized by the reaction between WO3, As and KCN.

Graphical abstract: From oxide to a new type of molecular tungsten compound: formation of bitetrahedral cluster complexes [{W6(μ4-O)2(μ3-CCN)4}(CN)16]10− and [{W6(μ4-O)2(μ3-As)4}(CN)16]10−

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Sep 2018
Accepted
15 Nov 2018
First published
23 Nov 2018

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 13837-13840

From oxide to a new type of molecular tungsten compound: formation of bitetrahedral cluster complexes [{W64-O)23-CCN)4}(CN)16]10− and [{W64-O)23-As)4}(CN)16]10−

S. S. Yarovoy, A. I. Smolentsev, S. G. Kozlova, N. B. Kompankov, Y. M. Gayfulin, I. P. Asanov, V. V. Yanshole and Y. V. Mironov, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 13837 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC07746K

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