title: Synthesis and structural studies of an electron deficient hexatitanium cluster dication stabilized by novel tritin anions.
abstract: A reaction of Cp(2)Ti(SH)(2) with n-BuSnCl(OH)(2) gave two unusual ionic compounds; the cation in both is a hexatitanium cluster, [Cp(6)Ti(6)O(8)](2+), while the anion is a six membered cyclic (chair form) [n-Bu(3)Sn(3)Cl(SH)(3)(S)(3)](-) in one and acyclic [n-Bu(3)Sn(3)Cl(3)(SH)(3)(S)(2)](-) in the other. Besides X-ray crystallography, theoretical studies have also been completed to understand the structures of these complexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005 India.
authors.forename: Neetu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Subrato
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya