Abstract:

Trinuclear molybdenum clusters show diversity of reactivity towards transition metals and organic ligands. For example, different ligand-substitution and additive reactions can take place at the five coordination sites of Mo₃S₄(DTP)₃(μ-L)(L')(Ⅰ). The bridging ligand μ-L, the terminal DTP'S and the loosely-coordinated ligand L'can be replaced by many carboxylic acids and polar solvents, respectively. By this way, many hetero-metallic cluster derivatives can be synthesized.