Towards the installation of transition metal ions on donor ligand decorated tin sulfide clusters

Abstract

Decoration of tetrelchalcogenide T–E clusters with chelating donor ligands was achieved to capture transition metal ions on their surfaces. We demonstrate that by covalent linking of bispyridyl ligands to an Sn–S complex, [ZnX]⁺ units can be trapped and incorporated into the cluster framework. Intermediates that were identified using spectroscopy and/or X-ray diffraction gave insight into the formation processes.