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Synthesis, crystal structure and nonlinear optical properties of a new cluster compound: MoS4Cu3(PyPPh2)3Cl

  • Ya Cai
  • , Hegen Zheng*
  • , Yizhi Li
  • , Jianliang Zhou
  • , Yinglin Song
  • , Xinquan Xin
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Reaction of [NH4]2[MoS4], CuCl and PyPPh2 in the solid state produces a cube-like cluster. The cluster crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P212121 with four formula units in a cell of dimensions a = 12.8980(10), b = 17.6820(10), c = 22.665(2) Å. Anisotropic refinement for all nonhydrogen atoms yielded the values R = 0.0397 and Rw = 0.1185 for 8803 observed reflections. The structure is built up from three [Cu(Ph2PPy)]+ units bridged by MoS42- to form a tetranuclear symmetrical cube-like molecule. Investigation of the third-order optical nonlinear value showed that it exhibits a considerable nonlinear absorptive and self-defocusing effect with α2 = 1.3 × 10-11 mw-1 and n2 = -3.2 × 10-18 m2w-1 in a 1.5 × 10-4 DMF solution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)595-601
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Coordination Chemistry
Volume56
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 May 2003

Keywords

  • Crystal structure
  • Mo-Cu-S cluster
  • Nonlinear optical properties

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