[Hg8(μ‐n‐C3H7Te)12(μ‐Br)Br3] — Synthesis and Structure

The novel mercury‐tellurium cluster [Hg₈(μ‐n‐C₃H₇Te)₁₂(μ₂‐Br)Br₃] is formed during the reaction of HgBr₂ and (n‐C₃H₇Te)₂Hg in DMSO. Its crystal structure has been elucidated showing [Hg₈(μ‐n‐C₃H₇Te)₁₂(μ₂‐Br)]³⁺ units with a bromine‐centered distorted Hg₈ cube. The mercury atoms are bridged by n‐C₃H₇Te^— ligands and the resulting clusters are linked to a three‐dimensional network by bromine atoms. The close packing of the cluster is mainly determined by the flexible n‐propyl residues of the telluride building blocks.     

Synthesis and Structure of the Clusters [Hg2(μ—SePh)2(SePh)2(PPh3)2] and [Hg3Br3(μ—SePh)3] · 2 DMSO

The compounds [Hg₂(μ—SePh)₂(SePh)₂(PPh₃)₂] ( I ) and [Hg₃Br₃(μ—SePh)₃] · 2 DMSO ( II ) are formed by reactions of [Hg(SePh)₂] with PPh₃ in THF( I ) or with HgBr₂ in DMSO ( II ) at room temperature. X—ray crystallography reveals that the cluster I consists of a distorted square built by each two Hg and Se atoms. The Hg atoms have almost tetrahedral co‐ordination environments formed by selenium atoms of two (μ‐^—SePh) ligands and Se and P atoms of terminal ^—SePh and PPh₃ ligands. The compound II is a six‐membered ring with alternating Hg and Se atoms in the chair conformation. Two DMSO molecules occupy positions below and above the [Hg₃Se₃] ring with the oxygen atoms directed to the centre of the ring.     

Halogenverbrückte Heterometallatomcluster der drei Typen Re2(CO)4L2(μ-X)2(μ-Y) (L = (C6H5)3P; X = Br,I; Y = GaRe(CO)4ax-L), Re2(CO)6L2(μ-X)(μ-GaX2) (X = I) und Re3(CO)9L3(μ-X)3(μ-Y) (X = Cl)

Halogeno-Bridged Heteronuclear Metal Atom Clusters of the Three Types Re₂(CO)₄L₂(μ-X)₂(μ-Y) (L = (C₆H₅)₃P; X = Br, I; Y = GaRe(CO)₄ax-L), Re₂(CO)₆L₂(μ-X) (μ-GaX₂) (X = I), and Re₃(CO)₉L₃ (μ-X)₃(μ₃-Y) (X = Cl) The title compounds of the both types Re₂(CO)₄L(μ-X)₂(μ-Y) [L = (C₆H₅)₃P; X = Br, I; Y = GaRe(CO)₄ax-L] and Re₃(CO)₉L₃(μ-X)₃ (μ₃-Y) (X = Cl) were prepared by the reaction of GaX₃ (X = Cl, Br, I) and Re₂(CO)₈(ax-L)₂ in boiling mesitylene solution. The obtained substance Re₂(CO)₄L₂(μ-I)₂(μ-Y) and carbon monoxide gave the compound of the third type Re₂(CO)₆L₂(μ-I)(μ- GaI₂). The last-named single iodo-bridged dirhenium cluster could be therefore a precursor complex of the double iodo-bridged compound. The four diamagnetic substances were characterized by ³¹P n.m.r. spectroscopy and their molecular structures were acertained by X-ray measurements. The result of the single crystal X-ray analysis of Re₂(CO)₄L₂(μ-Br)₂ [μ-GaRe(CO)₄ax-L], a bridged coordination octahedron pair with a common face, and that of the edge-bridged pair Re₂(CO)₆L₂(μ-I)(μ-GaI₂) each possessing a Re? Re bond are especially treated in the present work.