Synthesis and structures of new compounds based on tetrahedral rhenium chalcocyanide cluster anions [Re4Q4(CN)12]4− (Q = S or Se) and [Cu(bipy)2]2+ cations

Abstract

The reactions of the rhenium chalcocyanide cluster salts K4[Re4Q4(CN)12]·6H2O (Q = S or Se) with Cu2+ cations coordinated by the bidentate ligand 2,2′-bipyridyl (bipy) produced two new cluster compounds, [Cu(NH3)(bipy)2]2[Re4S4(CN)12]·bipy·3.25H2O (1) and [{Cu(bipy)2}2Re4Se4(CN)12]·bipy·8.5H2O (2). The structures of these complexes were solved by X-ray diffraction. Compound 1 is ionic. Compound 2 is molecular. In the structures of both compounds, there are staking interactions between the {Cu(bipy)2}2+ cationic moieties and the solvate 2,2′-bipyridyl molecules.