Heteronuclear clusters chemical properties

Chemical Properties. Compound 2 is readily decarbonylated upon exposure to UV irradiation.5 Irradiated solutions of 2 readily yield addition products of sulfur containing small molecules such as COS, CS2, and H2S. In the absence of reagents it will form the hexanuclear compound Os6(CO)17(/r4-S)2. It reacts with other metal complexes to form higher nuclearity osmium clusters and heteronuclear metal cluster compounds.5,11,12... 

The chemistry of heteronuclear cluster compounds is significantly less developed than that of homonuclear clusters. Since 1980, rational synthetic methods [1] and effective characterizational techniques have been developed [2-6], Much of the interest provoked by these molecules stems from the fact that they have interesting chemical properties and potentially unique catalytic properties arising from the synergic effects of polar metal-metal bonds [6]. 

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