Abstract:
Reactions of ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate, ammonium thiocyanate, and hydroxylammonium chloride as a reducing agent in aqueous solution probably afforded a specie containing the Mo-N≡O fragment, which was further treated with ammonium polysulfide to result in isolation of two tetranuclear molybdenum(IV) sulfur nitrosyl complexes (NH
4)
4Mo
4(μ
4-S)(μ
3-S)
2(μ-S
2)
4(η
2-S
2)(NO)
4·4H
2O (
1) and (NH
4)
4Mo
4(μ
4-O)(μ-S
2)
6 (NO)
4 (
2). Two tetranuclear molybdenum(IV) complexes were characterized spectroscopically by ultraviolet spectrophotometer UV-3000 and infrared spectrophotometer FTS-40, and their structures were determined by single-crystal X ray diffraction, the results show that the two complexes containe nitrosyl group, their electrochemical properties were also investigated.