title: A cyanide-bridged molybdenum bis(maleonitriledithiolate) square.
abstract: [Et4N]2[Mo(IV)O(mnt)2] (mnt = maleonitriledithiolate) reacts, as a synthon, with Me3SiCN under an acidic medium to produce the square complex [Et4N]4[Mo4(μ-CN)4(mnt)8] (1) in high yield. Complex 1 shows strong antiferromagnetic interactions between adjacent Mo atoms in the cluster. The presence of redox-active mnt as a capping ligand strongly influences the magnetic property of 1. The physicochemical properties of 1 have been rationalized by density functional theory level of calculations.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur , Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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