A series of novel mesostructured lamellar molybdenum disulfides with t
he d spacings from 17 to 30 Å can be prepared by t
he reaction of Mo(CO)
6 with elemental sulfur using a molten
n-alkylamine as t
he solvent as well as t
he template at 140
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C. Such intercalated phases can be transformed into mesoporous molybdenum disulfides by slow t
hermal treatments at 200
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C.