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[{(PhSn)3SnS6}{(MCp)3S4}] (M = W, Mo): Minimal Molecular Models of the Covalent Attachment of Metal Chalcogenide Clusters on Doped Transition Metal Dichalcogenide (TMDC) Layers.

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With the aim to mimic the yet unknown covalent deposition of metal chalcogenide clusters on transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) MoS2 or WS2 layers, and thereby explore the interaction between the… Click to show full abstract

With the aim to mimic the yet unknown covalent deposition of metal chalcogenide clusters on transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) MoS2 or WS2 layers, and thereby explore the interaction between the two systems and potential consequences on physical properties of the TMDC material, we synthesized heterobimetallic model systems. The heterocubane-type cluster [(SnCl3)(WCp)3S4] (1), the organotin-sulfidomolybdate cluster [{(PhSn)3SnS6}{(MoCp)3S4}] (2) and the corresponding tungstate [(PhSn)3SnS6{(WCp)3S4}] (3) were obtained in ligand exchange reactions from [(PhSn)4S6] and [M(CO)3CpCl]. Indeed, the {M3S4} cages in 1 - 3 resemble a section of the respective TMDC monolayers, altogether representing minimal molecular model systems for the adsorption of organotin sulfide clusters on MoS2 or WS2. The interaction between the {(MCp)3S4} and {(PhSn)3SnS6} subunits are characterized by multicenter bonding, rendering the re-spective Sn atom as Sn(II), hence driving the clusters into a mixed-valence Sn(IV)/Sn(II) situation, and the M atoms as M(IV) upon an in-situ redox process. The attachment is thus weaker than via regular covalent M-S bonds, but definitely stronger than via van-der-Waals interactions that have been characteristic for all known interactions of clusters on TMDC surfaces so far. Computational analyses of an extended model mimicking the electronic situation in the cluster prove the analogy to a covalent attachment on TMDCs.

Keywords: chalcogenide clusters; transition metal; metal chalcogenide; metal; phsn 3sns6; tmdc

Journal Title: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Year Published: 2019

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