Abstract: | Four new organic ammonium tetrathiotungstates (N–Me–enH2)WS4] (1), (N,N′-dm-1,3-pnH2)WS4] (2), (1,4-bnH2)WS4] (3), and (mipaH)2WS4] (4), (N–Me–enH2 = N-methylethylenediammonium, N,N′-dm-1,3-pnH2 = N,N′-dimethyl-1,3-propanediammonium, 1,4-bnH2 = 1,4-butanediammonium, and mipaH = monoisopropylammonium) were synthesized by the base promoted cation exchange reaction and characterized by elemental analysis,
infrared, Raman, UV-Vis and 1H NMR spectroscopy as well as single crystal X-ray crystallography. The structures of 1–4 consist of WS4]2− tetrahedra which are linked to the organic ammonium cations via N–H⋯S hydrogen bonding. The strength and number of the S⋯H
interactions affect the W–S bond lengths as evidenced by distinct short and long W–S bonds. The IR spectra exhibit splitting
of the W–S vibrations, which can be attributed to the distortion of the WS4]2− tetrahedron. From a comparative study of several known tetrathiotungstates it is observed that a difference of more than
0.033 ? between the longest and shortest W–S bonds in a tetrathiotungstate will result in the splitting of the asymmetric
stretching vibration of the W–S bond. |