title: Photochromic isomerization of a dinuclear molybdenum complex with ethylene-1,2-dithiolate and disulfur ligands: x-ray structures of the two isomers.
abstract: A photochromic complex with disulfur and dimethyl-ethylene-1,2-dithiolate ligands, [Mo(2)(mu-S(2))(mu-S(2)C(2)Me(2))(2)(S(2)C(2)Me(2))(2)] (3), was synthesized and characterized. Photoirradiation of 3 with visible light resulted in the formation of the isomer (3'). The electronic spectrum of 3' has a new intense peak in the near infrared region, and in the dark, the spectrum returns to that of 3. X-ray structural analyses of 3.C(6)H(6) and 3' revealed a large conformational change of the bridging dithiolate ligands: the two ligands in 3' come very close to each other compared to those in 3.C(6)H(6). Crystal data: 3.C(6)H(6), monoclinic, space group C2/c, a = 15.193(4) A, b = 14.287(3) A, c = 14.685(4) A, beta = 105.30(1) degrees, V = 3074(1) A(3), Z = 4; 3', monoclinic, space group C2/c, a = 21.5400(8) A, b = 9.5232(5) A, c = 13.9828(2) A, beta = 118.924(1) degrees, V = 2510.5(2) A(3), Z = 4. (1)H NMR spectra of 3 (3.06, 3.05, 1.66, and 1.31 ppm) and 3' (2.90, 2.75, 2.14, and 1.97 ppm) are also reported: each spectrum has four signals due to methyl groups, which accords well with the fact that each of the molecules, 3.C(6)H(6) and 3', has a crystallographic 2-fold axis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Okayama University of Science, Ridai-cho, Okayama 700-0005, Japan. shiba@chem.ous.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibahara
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakaoka
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ide