Yh. Deng et al., SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HETEROMETAL VFE3S4 CUBANE-LIKE CLUSTER COMPOUND (ET4N)[VFE3S4(ET(2)DTC)(4)], Polyhedron, 16(23), 1997, pp. 4121-4128
A cubane-type cluster (Et4N) [VFe3S4(Et(2)dtc)(4)] has been synthesize
d from a self-assembly reaction system VS43-/FeCl2/Et(2)dtc(-)/PhS- in
acetonitrile (Et(2)dtc(-) = diethyldithiocarbamate). The compound has
been structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. Mossbauer a
nd structural parameters have been used to deduce the oxidation states
of the metal atoms in [VFe3S4](3+) core indicating that there are thr
ee Fe atoms with mean oxidation state of ca +2.8. Proton NMR spectrum
indicates the paramagneticity of the cluster. The chemical shift of V-
51 NMR was observed at -210 ppm. Variable-temperature magnetic suscept
ibility measurement reveals an antiferromagnetic interaction in the VF
e3 coupling system. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.