The synthesis, crystal and molecular structures of triphenyl(phenylthio)silane, Ph3SiSPh, and of bis(μ-thiophenolato)bis[tetracarbonyltungsten(I)], [W(CO)4(SPh)]2
Preparations and X-ray structure determinations are described for Ph3SiSPh and [W(CO)4(μ-SPh)]2. The compound Ph3SiSPh crystallizes in space group Pcab with a = 15.260 Å, b = 15.968 Å, c = 16.757 Å, Z = 8, dcalc = 1.20 g cm−3 (MoKα1, λ = 0.70930 Å). The structure was solved with MULTAN and refined to the final R = 0.050 for 1933 significant reflections. The molecule has an unusual C—S—Si angle of 99.5° and a short Si—S bond length of 2.156 Å. The compound [W(CO)4(μ-SPh)]2 crystallizes in the space group P21/c with a = 9.164 Å, b = 12.054 Å, c = 11.163 Å, β = 111.63°, Z = 2, dcalc = 2.35 g cm−3 (MoKα1, λ = 0.70930 Å). The structure was solved with MULTAN and refined to the final R = 0.062 for 2748 significant reflections. The molecule is a dimer with a crystallographic center of symmetry. There is a short W—W distance (2.972 Å), a wide S—W—S′ angle (106.3°), a compressed W—S—W′ angle (73.67°) and there is distortion of a CO on each W due to the close approach of an ortho-H in a phenyl ring.