Abstract
This work was undertaken with the goal of exploring novel bimetallic dispersed sulfide catalysts for coal liquefaction. Several heterometallic complexes consisting of two transition metals, Mo and Co, and sulfur in a single molecule were synthesized and tested as precursors of dispersed catalysts for liquefaction of a Montana subbituminous coal (0.5 wt% Mo on dmmf coal). It was found that the structure of the precursors, in particular the ligands to the metal species, affect the activity of the resulting catalyst significantly. Among the M-M'type precursors tested, Mo-Co thiocubane, Mo 2 Co 2 S 4 (Cp) 2 (CO) 2 [Cp = cyclopentadiene], designated as MoCo-TC2, produced in situ the best catalyst
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