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M. Bendová, M. Puchberger, U. Schubert:
"Characterization of Cd₁₀S₄(SPh)₁₂ , the Thermal Decomposition Product of (NMe₄)₄[Cd₁₀S₄(SPh)₁₆]: Synthesis of a Neutral Cd₅₄ Sulfide Cluster and of a Polymeric Chain of Thiolate-Bridged Cd₁₇ Sulfide Clusters";
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 21 (2010), 3299 - 3306.

Contrary to claims in the literature that a cluster of the composition of Cd₁₀S₄(SPh)₁₂ was formed by thermal treatment of (NMe₄)₄[Cd₁₀S₄(SPh)₁₆], experimental evidence was gathered that the core structure of the cluster is not exclusively retained and other CdS species are also formed. When Cd₁₀S₄(SPh)₁₂ was treated with PhSH/NEt₃ only a part of the material was converted into (NHEt₃)₄[Cd₁₀S₄(SPh)₁₆]. From solutions of Cd₁₀S₄(SPh)₁₂ in strongly coordinating solvents the new neutral CdS clusters Cd₅₄S₂₈(SPh)₅₂L_x (L = pyridine, DMSO or DMF) and [Cd₁₇S₄(SPh)₂₆py] were crystallized. The latter forms polymeric chains of phenylthiolate-bridged Cd₁₇ units.

Cadmium . Nanoparticles . Cluster compounds . S ligands . Rearrangement

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201000454

Project Head Ulrich Schubert:
Polymere aus funktionellen Clustern