Single-Component Magnetic Conductors Based on Mo3S7 Trinuclear Clusters with Outer Dithiolate Ligands

2004

A trinuclear cluster complex containing the Mo(3)S(7) central unit coordinated to dithiolate ligands, in particular the organic dmit (1,3-dithia-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate) anion, has been used to prepare a single-component molecular conductor formed by the threefold symmetry magnetic building block Mo(3)S(7)(dmit)(3) (1). The [Mo(3)S(7)(dmit)(3)](2)(-) ([1](2)(-)) diamagnetic anion forms dimers by interaction between the electrophilic cluster axial sulfur atoms and the sulfur atoms of the outer dithiolate ligand. Additional contacts between adjacent dmit ligands result in chain formation. The two-electron oxidation of [1](2)(-) yields to a three-dimensional molecular solid formed by neutral M…