A seven-electron cluster [Mo
3(
3-S){
3-SC(CO
2CH
3)=C(CO
2CH
3)S}{
-SC(CO
2CH
3)=CH(CO
2CH
3)}(dtp)
3(
-OAc)] [
2, S
2P(OC
2H
5)
2-; dtp = diethyldithiophosphate]
and an organometallic cluster[Mo
3(
3-S){
3-SC(CO
2CH
3)=C(CO
2CH
3)S}{
-SC(CO
2CH
3)CH(OCH
3)(CO
2)}(dtp)
2(CH
3OH)(
-OAc)](Mo-C) (
3) were obtained byreaction in methanol of the sulfur-bridged trinuclear complex [Mo
3(
3-S)(
-S)
3(dtp)
3(CH
3CN)(
-OAc)] (
1) with dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD). The X-ray structures of
2 and 3 revealed theadduct formation of two DMAD molecules to the respective Mo
3S
4cores.
2 is paramagnetic
and obeys the Curie-Weiss law: the
eff value at 300 K is 1.90
B. The electron spin resonance signalwas observed at 173 K. The density functional theory calculationof
2 demonstrated that the main components of the singly occupiedmolecular orbitals of
and spins are Mo d electrons
and themain components of lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals are ofMo
and the olefin moiety with one C-S bond. A one-electronreversible oxidation process of
2 was observed at
E1/2 = -0.11 Vvs Fc/Fc
+. The electronic spectrum of
2 has a peak at 468 nm (
= 2170 M
-1 cm
-1)
and shoulders at 640 (918)
and 797 (605)nm,
and 3 has shoulders at 441 (1740)
and 578 (625) nm
and adistinct peak at 840 (467) nm. An intermediate [Mo
3(
3-S){
3-SC(CO
2CH
3)=C(CO
2CH
3)S}{
-SC(CO
2CH
3)=CH(CO
2CH
3)}(dtp)
3(
-OAc)]
+ (
4) is tentatively suggested: a one-electron reductionof
4 gives
2,
and a nucleophilic conjugate addition of CH
3O
- tothe
,
-unsaturated carbonyl group of
4 gives
3.