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Rb 10 Mo 36 S 38 : A Novel Reduced Molybdenum Sulfide Containing the Highest Nuclearity Metal Transition Cluster in a Solid‐State Compound
Author(s) -
Picard Soazig,
Potel Michel,
Gougeon Patrick
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990712)38:13/14<2034::aid-anie2034>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - cluster (spacecraft) , crystallography , molybdenum , octahedron , sulfide , sulfur , solid state , ion , chemistry , transition metal , stereochemistry , materials science , inorganic chemistry , crystal structure , organic chemistry , computer science , programming language , catalysis
The sixth member of the family of M 2 n −2 Mo 6 n X 6 n +2 structures (M=Rb, Cs; X=S, Se, Te), which contains Mo 6 n clusters, is represented by Rb 10 Mo 36 S 38 . The Mo 36 cluster present in the title compound results from the uniaxial trans face sharing of eleven Mo 6 octahedra, and forms a Mo 36 S 44 cluster unit with 44 sulfur atoms of its environment (38 inner, 6 outer ligands). The large cavities between these units are occupied by the Rb + ions, which form linear finite chains.