Synthesis and X-ray structure of tris(N,N-diethyldithiocarbamato)-hydrogensulphidomolybdenum(IV)–tetrahydrofuran (1/1)

The complex [Mo(SH)(S2CNEt2)3]·thf (thf = tetrahydrofuran) has been prepared by the reaction of [Mo(CO)2(S2CNEt2)2] with [Fe4(cp)4S6](cp =η5-cyclopentadienyl). The compound crystallizes in the space group P with a= 10.148(5), b= 14.104(4), c= 10.759(6)A, α= 72.39(3), β= 89.04(6), γ= 97.84(3)°, and Z= 2. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier-difference techniques and refined to R= 0.070 and R′= 0.066 for 2 774 independent reflections. The molybdenum atom is surrounded by seven sulphur atoms in a distorted pentagonal-bipyramidal co-ordination.