Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Mo6S8(4-tert-butylpyridine)6 and Related M6S8L6 Cluster Complexes (M = Mo, W)

Supplementary Material ESI for Dalton TransactionsThis journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2002 Submitted to J.. DiSalvo* Baker Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical B

Supplementary Material (ESI) for Dalton Transactions

This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2002

Submitted to J Chem Soc Dalton Trans.

Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Mo 6 S 8(4-tert-butylpyridine)6 and Related

M 6 S 8 L 6 Cluster Complexes (M = Mo, W)

Song Jin, Friedrich Popp, Shannon W Boettcher,† Min Yuan, Catherine M Oertel and Francis J

DiSalvo*

Baker Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853, USA

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* Author to whom correspondence to be addressed

† CCMR REU student from Dept of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene OR

Email: fjd3@cornell.edu

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Figure S1 The observed X-ray powder diffraction patterns for compound W6S8(morpholine)6.

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Figure S2 The observed X-ray powder diffraction pattern for compound Mo6S8(CH3NH2)6.

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40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Temperature ( o C)

Mo6S8(CH3NH2)6

Mo

6 S

8 (bipy)

6

Mo

6 S

8 (4-tbp)

6

Mo

6 S

8 (PEt

3 )

6

Figure S3 Traces of thermogravimetric analyses of the compounds Mo6S8

(4-tert-butylpyridine)6, Mo6S8(PEt3)6, Mo6S8(bipy)6 and Mo6S8(CH3NH2)6 The samples were heated from room temperature to 550°C at the rate of 20°C/min under a flow of dinitrogen (60 mL/min)

in a Seiko TG/DTA 220 thermal analyzer

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