DESULPHURIZATION THROUGH THE CLEAVAGE OF C-S BOND-PREPARATION AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZA-TION OF THE HEXACOBALT CLUSTER,[Co_6(μ_3-S)_8(PPh_3)_6]·2DMF·CH_3OH

<正> The crystal of cluster [Co6(μ3-S)8(PPh3)6] 2DMF CH3OH(1)was obtained by the reaction of CoCl(PPh3)3 with Na2pdt(H2pdt=1,2-propanedithiol)in methanol,and grown from DMF.The compound 1,C116H112 Co6N2O2P6S8(Mr=2362.11)is monoclinic,space group C2/c with cell parameters a=27.060(10),b=15.127(2),c=27.017(2)A,β=98.52(2)°,V=10937.0A3,Z=4,Dc=1.434 g/cm3,F(000)=4864,MoKa=11.716cm-1,final R=0.071 for 4134 independent reflections with I>3o(I).The cluster[Co6(μ3-S)8(PPh3)6] possesses crystallographic symmetry C2,and the inner Co6 core is a slightly distorted octahedron with all faces symmetrically capped by triply-bridging sulphur atoms.