A cyanide-bridged chain of Mo6Se8 clusters: a product of cyanide-melt cluster synthesis.

abstract

• A cyanide-linked 'chain-of-clusters' compound, K6[Mo6Se8(CN)5], is an intermediate formed when [Mo6Se8(CN)6]7- clusters are synthesized by dissolution of the binary Chevrel phase, Mo6Se8, into molten KCN. It is demonstrated that Mo6Se8 clusters need not be present at all in the reactants; they form spontaneously in the KCN flux from simple Mo/Se precursors. The orthogonality of the cluster SOMO and the bridging cyanide orbitals precludes any significant coupling of the cluster-localized unpaired electrons.

authors

• Hughbanks, Timothy

published proceedings

• Inorg Chem

author list (cited authors)

• Magliocchi, C., Xie, X., & Hughbanks, T.

citation count

• 34

complete list of authors

• Magliocchi, C||Xie, X||Hughbanks, T

publication date

• January 2000

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• Inorganic Chemistry  Journal

keywords

• Prevention

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/ic000833q

start page

• 5000

end page

• 5001

volume

• 39

issue

• 22

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1021%2Fic000833q