Heating WTe
2, Te, and Br
2 at 390
C fo
llowed by extraction with KCN gives [W
3Te
7(CN)
6]
2-. Crysta
l structures ofdoub
le sa
lts Cs
3.5K{[W
3Te
7(CN)
6]Br}Br
1.5·4.5H
2O (
1), Cs
2K
4{[W
3Te
7(CN)
6]
2C
l}C
l·5H
2O (
2), and (Ph
4P)
3{[W
3Te
7(CN)
6]Br}·H
2O (
3) revea
l short Te
2···X (X = C
l, Br) contacts. Reaction of po
lymeric Mo
3Se
7Br
4 with KNCSe me
ltgives [Mo
3Se
7(CN)
6]
2-. Reactions of po
lymeric Mo
3S
7Br
4 and Mo
3Te
7I
4 with KNCSe me
lt (200-220
C) a
ll give asfina
l product [Mo
3Se
7(CN)
6]
2- via intermediate formation of [Mo
3S
4Se
3(CN)
6]
2-/[Mo
3SSe
6(CN)
6]
2- and of[Mo
3Te
4Se
3(CN)
6]
2-, respective
ly, as was shown by ESI-MS. (NH
4)
1.5K
3{[Mo
3Se
7(CN)
6]I}I
1.5·4.5H
2O (
4) was iso
latedand structura
lly characterized. Reactions of W
3Q
7Br
4 (Q = S, Se) with KNCSe
lead to [W
3Q
4(CN)
9]
5-. HeatingW
3Te
7Br
4 in KCNSe me
lt gives a comp
licated mixture of W
3Q
7 and W
3Q
4 derivatives, as was shown by ESI-MS,from which Ê
3[W
3(
3-Te)(
-TeSe)
3(CN)
6]Br·6H
2O (
5) and K
5[W
3(
3-Te)(
-Se)
3(CN)
9] (
6) were iso
lated. X-ray ana
lysisof
5 revea
ls the presence of a new TeSe
2- ligand. The comp
lexes were characterized by IR, Raman, e
lectronic,and
77Se and
125Te NMR spectra and by ESI mass spectrometry.