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Synthesis and structure of a novel MoFe4S4 cubane-like cluster (Me3PhCH2N)2 [MoFe4S4 (SC6H11)7]

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A novel (Me3PhCH2N)2[MoFe4S4(SC6H11)7] cubane-like cluster was obtained from a reaction system including (NH4)2MoS4, FeCl2 and NaSC6H11 in methanol, and characterized by X-ray crystallography. The title compound crystallizes in triclinic space group\(P\bar 1\) witha = 1.523 1(3), b =1.610 5(3),c = 1.838 3(4) nm, α = 77.18 (3)°, β = 75.17(3)°, γ = 64.60(3)°, and Z = 2. Also included in this paper are the discussions on the variation of the reaction products obtained from the participation of cyclohexylthiolate and on the changes of the structural features of the products.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350002, Fuzhou, China

    Changneng Chen, Yuheng Deng, Maochun Hong, Tingbin Wen, Chunxi Zhang, Qiutian Liu & Jiaxi Lu

  2. Department of Chemistry, Zhongshan University, 510275, Guangzhou, China

    Xiaoming Chen & Beisheng Kang

  3. Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

    Zhongyuan Zhou & Mak Thomas C. W.

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Climbing Program—State Key Project for Fundamental Research in China, and Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Earmarked Grant No. CUHK. 311/94p).

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Chen, C., Deng, Y., Hong, M. et al. Synthesis and structure of a novel MoFe4S4 cubane-like cluster (Me3PhCH2N)2 [MoFe4S4 (SC6H11)7]. Sc. China Ser. B-Chem. 41, 301–308 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02879711

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