The synthesis and crystallographic characterization of the heterobimetallic dodecanuclear cage cluster: [Et4N]2[(Mo2Ag2S2O2edt2)3(μ6-S)]·3H2O (edt=−SC2H4S−)

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Et4N]2[(Mo2Ag2S2O2edt2)3(μ6-S)]·3H2O (edt=SC2H4S−), has been investigated by X-ray diffraction techniques, the crystal is tetragonal, space group P4l2l2, with a = b = 13.4801(4), c = 37.7381(14) Å, V = 6857.5(4) Å3 andZ = 4. The anion of the title compound can be viewed as a cage consisting of three [Mo2S2O2(S2C2H4)2]2−/2 Ag+ fragments, with an S2− at the cage center bonding to six Ag atoms. The cage has two big windows each composed of a puckered Ag3S6C6 15-membered ring.