Pm. Boorman et al., ALKYLATION OF [WS4](2-) - SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ETHYLTHIOLATOTRITHIOTUNGSTATE(VI) ANION, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (10), 1995, pp. 999-1000
Reaction of [PPh(4)](2)[WS4] with ethyl bromide yields the tetraphenyl
phosphonium salt of the title anion 1, for which an X-ray structure de
termination reveals no evidence for an intramolecular redox reaction,
but concentrated solutions undergo rapid reactions leading to [W3S9](2
-) and Et(2)S(x)(x = 1-3).