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Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework
Published on: April 9, 2018
(μ-4-Methyl-benzene-thiol-ato-κS:S)bis-[carbon-yl(η-cyclo-penta-dien-yl)molybdenum(II)]
Richard Chee Seng Wong1, Mei Lee Ooi, Seik Weng Ng
1Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Abstract:
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Mo(2)(C(5)H(5))(2)(C(7)H(7)S)(2)(CO)(2)], consists of two half-mol-ecules, each molecule lying on a centre of symmetry. The thiol-ate groups function as bridges between the Mo(II) atoms, which adopt a quasi-octa-hedral geometry. In the octa-hedral environment the two ligating S atoms are in a cis arrangement.
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