Chemistry Letters, Vol.29, No.8, 950-951, 2000
A sandwich cubane-type Mo-Sn cluster: Synthesis and crystal structure of [(H2O)(9)Mo3OS3SnS3OMo3(H2O)(9)](CH3C6H4SO3)(8)center dot 18H(2)O
A novel sandwich cubane-type mixed-metal Mo-Sn cluster compound [Mo6SnO2S6(H2O)(18)](pts)(8). 18H(2)O (A) was synthesized by the reaction of [Mo-3(mu(3)-S)(mu-O)(mu-S)(2)(H2O)(9)](4+) (B) with tin metal in p-toluensulphonic acid (Hpts) solution. The compound A was characterized by the X-ray structure determination and UV-vis spectrum.