Stepwise addition of CuBr at [(dtc)2Mo2(S)2(μ-S)2] (dtc=diethyldithiocarbamate): syntheses and crystal structures of two Mo/Cu/S clusters [(dtc)2Mo2(μ3-S)(μ-S)3(CuBr)] and [(dtc)2Mo2(μ3-S)4(CuBr)2]

Reactions of [(dtc)2Mo2(S)2(μ-S)2] with one or two equivalents of CuBr in CH2Cl2 afforded two new heterobimetallic sulfide clusters, [(dtc)2Mo2(μ3-S)(μ-S)3(CuBr)] (1) and [(dtc)2Mo2(μ3-S)4(CuBr)2] (2). Both compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV–vis and X-ray analysis. Compound 1 contains a butterfly-shaped Mo2S4Cu core in which one CuBr unit is coordinated by one bridging S and two terminal S atoms of the [(dtc)2Mo2(S)2(μ-S)2] moiety. In the structure of 2, one [(dtc)2Mo2(S)2(μ-S)2] moiety and two CuBr units are held together by six Cu–μ3-S bonds, forming a cubane-like Mo2S4Cu2 core.