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Two Distinct Dimeric Heterothiometallic W/S/Cu Clusters with Effective Photocatalystic Property

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Two heterothiometallic W/S/Cu dimeric clusters, {[WS4Cu4Cl2(phen)2]2·MeCN} (1) and {[CuCl(phen)2]2[WOS3Cu3Cl2(phen)]2} (2), were synthesized by the reactions of 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), CuCl and (NH4)2WS4 or (NH4)2WOS3, in DMF. 1 and 2 were characterized by elemental analyses, IR, UV–Vis, X-ray powder and single crystal diffractions. 1 exhibits a rare dimeric architecture, constructed by two parallel pentanuclear planar ‘open’ [WS4Cu4Cl2(phen)2] clusters linked together via a pair of μ 2-Cl bridges. While 2 consists of the five-coordinated cation [CuCl(phen)2]+ and the dimeric anionic cluster {[WOS3Cu3Cl2(phen)]2}2−, which is fabricated by a pair of tetranuclear nest-shaped clusters, connected by two μ 2-Cl bridges. Moreover, the photocatalytic activities of heterothiometallic clusters were firstly explored by monitoring the photodegradation of methylene blue (MB), which reveals that 1 and 2 both exhibit effective photocatalytic properties under Xe-illuminator irradiation.

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Acknowledgments

This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50925207, 51172100, 51432006), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2011DFG52970), the Ministry of Education of China for the Changjiang Innovation Research Team (IRT1064), the Ministry of Education and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs for the 111 Project (B13025), Jiangsu Innovation Research Team, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Provence (BK20140163) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JUSRP1022).

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Zhang, J., Wang, C. & Zhang, C. Two Distinct Dimeric Heterothiometallic W/S/Cu Clusters with Effective Photocatalystic Property. J Clust Sci 26, 1857–1872 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-015-0884-8

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