Journal article
W3Cl10(Hg2Cl2)2, A Reactive One-Dimensional Polymer of Triangular Tritungsten Clusters with Terminal and Intercluster-Bridging Mercurous Chloride Ligands: Main Group Metal Halide By-Products as Versatile Ligands in Reductive Synthesis of Early Transition Metal Halide Clusters
Journal of cluster science, Vol.21(3), pp.515-523
09/2010
DOI: 10.1007/s10876-010-0335-5
Abstract
Solid-state reduction of WCl6 with Hg followed by incomplete sublimation of mercury chlorides generated the tritungsten decachloride—mercury chloride adducts W3Cl10(Hg2Cl2)2−x(HgCl2)x. Thermal equilibration of the solid-state products followed by sublimation of HgCl2 afforded single crystals that include the mercurous chloride adduct W3Cl10(Hg2Cl2)2. Single-crystal diffractometry revealed a one-dimensional polymer of tritungsten decachloride triangular clusters with novel terminal and inter-cluster-bridging ClHgHgCl ligands. The W3 cluster core has similar metrics to that of the benzyltriethylammonium salt of W3(μ3-Cl)(μ-Cl)3Cl9 3−. W3Cl10(Hg2Cl2)2 is the first reported adduct of the binary tungsten chloride W3Cl10. The ClHgHgCl ligands are more labile that the terminal chlorine atoms of W3(μ3-Cl)(μ-Cl)3Cl9 3−. These results demonstrate diverse roles and potential utility of main group element halide by-product ligands in solid-state reductions of transition metal halides.
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- Title: Subtitle
- W3Cl10(Hg2Cl2)2, A Reactive One-Dimensional Polymer of Triangular Tritungsten Clusters with Terminal and Intercluster-Bridging Mercurous Chloride Ligands: Main Group Metal Halide By-Products as Versatile Ligands in Reductive Synthesis of Early Transition Metal Halide Clusters
- Creators
- Vladimir KolesnichenkoDaniel N. T HayDale C SwensonLouis Messerle
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of cluster science, Vol.21(3), pp.515-523
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10876-010-0335-5
- ISSN
- 1040-7278
- eISSN
- 1572-8862
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2010
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry; Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9983985821502771
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