Synthesis and Crystal Structure of an Incomplete Cubane-like Heterobimetallic Cluster [(η5-C5Me5)2Mo2(μ3-S)(μ-S)3(CuCl)]

The reaction of [(η5-C5Me5)2Mo2(μ3-S)4(CuCl)2] 1 with Na2S in MeCN produced a trinuclear cluster [(η5-C5Me5)2Mo2(μ3-S)( μ3-S)3(CuCl)] 2. 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P21/c with a=15.563(3), b=8.9547(18), c=17.846(4) (A), β=101.29(3)°, V=2438.9(9) (A)3, Z=4, Dc=1.878 g/cm3, T=193(2) K, C20H30ClCuMo2S4, Mr=689.60, F(000)=1376, μ(MoKα)=2.335 mm–1, S=1.050, R=0.0305 and wR=0.0688 for 4033 observed reflections with Ⅰ ＞ 2σ(Ⅰ). In the structure of 2, one [(η5-C5Me5)2Mo2(μ-S)2S2] moiety and one CuCl unit are assembled into an incomplete cubane-like [Mo2S4Cu] core framework, in which the Cu center adopts a distorted tetrahedral geometry coordinated by oneμ3-S atom, twoμ-S atoms and one terminal chloride. The two Mo…Cu contacts are 2.7519(7) and 2.7689(8) (A), respectively.