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Title: Synthesis and structure of 1,4-((RCp)/sub 2/Ti)/sub 2/Se/sub 4/ and its application to the chalcogenospecific synthesis of 1,2,5,6-Se/sub 4/S/sub 4/

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00288a009· OSTI ID:5826284

The synthesis of 1,4-((RCp)/sub 2/Ti)/sub 2/Se/sub 4/ R = H (3a), Me (3b), i-Pr (3c) is described together with their applications to the preparation of 1,2,5,6-Se/sub 4/S/sub 4/(4). The deselenization of (RCp)/sub 2/TiSe/sub 5/ (2a-c) with organophosphines gives 3a-c isolated as purple microcrystalline solids. The same compounds could also be prepared from the reaction of (RCp)/sub 2/TiCl/sub 2/ with solutions of Li/sub 2/se/sub 2/. RCp labeling studies show that these Ti/sub 2/Se/sub 4/ compounds do not exchange their (RCp)/sub 2/TiSe/sub 2/ fragments. /sup 77/Se NMR studies indicate that 3c has one type of Se atom while three resonances are observed for the pentaselenide 2c. Compounds 3b crystallizes in the triclinic space group C/anti 1/ with a = 9.577 (2) /angstrom/, b = 15.145 (2) /angstrom/, c = 8.359 (1) /angstrom/, /alpha/ = 97.08 (1)/degree/, /beta/ = 92.02 (1)/degree/, /gamma/ = 89.89 (1)/degree/. A total of 1772 data were processed to a final R/sub F/ = 0.0382, R/sub wF/ = 0.0444. The compound adopts a centrosymmetric chair conformation with Ti-Se and Se-Se distances of 2.55 and 2.34 /angstrom/, respectively. The reaction of 3a and 3b with CS/sub 2/ solutions of S/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ in a molar ratio 1:2 gave 4 in good yield. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of 4 indicates the presence of a cyclic crown conformer with the atomic positions occupied statistically by either S or Se due to rotational disorder. Raman spectra show three sets of lines assigned to bond stretching modes /nu//sub Se-Se/, /nu//sub Se-S/, and /nu//sub S-S/. The /sup 77/Se NMR spectrum of 4 exhibits only one line at 651.5 ppm. Upon heating, 4 undergoes two endothermic transformations assigned to polymerization to (Se/sub 2/S/sub 2/)/sub n/ followed by melting at 112.5/degree/C. 28 refs., 4 figs., 5 tabs.

Research Organization:
Technische Unviversitaet, Berlin (West Germany)
OSTI ID:
5826284
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 27:15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English