Synthesis, Crystal Structure of a Twin-Nest-Shaped Cluster Compound, [Mo2O2S6Cu6I2(4,4'-bipy)3]n

Abstract

The title complex, [Mo2O2S6Cu6I2(4,4'-bipy)3]n1, is consists of cluster cation [Mo2O2S6Cu6I]+and counterion I-. The cluster cation consists of two nest-shaped [MoOS3Cu3]2+fragments interconnected through iodides [Cu-I distance:3.1951(16) Å,and Cu-I-Cu bond angle:180° ]. From a topological viewpoint, each building cluster [MoOS3Cu3]+, linked by another three crystallographically equivalent [MoOS3Cu3]+units through single 4,4’-bipy bridges, can be regarded as a 6-connected node, affording a novel two-dimensional layered structure.