Reactions of MoOCl4 and MoO2Cl2 with Heterocyclic Thioamides

MoOCl4/MoO2Cl2 were reacted with 2-mercaptopyridine (IUPAC: pyridine-2-thiol)/4-phenylimidazole-2-thiol (IUPAC: 4-phenyl-1, 3-dihydroimidazole-2-thione)/6-mercaptopurine (IUPAC: 1, 7-dihydro-purine-6-thione) in acetonitrile medium using equal/twice molar concentrations at normal temperature. The reactions yielded products: MoOCl3(C5H4NS-SNH4C5).2HCl, [1]; Mo3O3Cl12(C5H4NS-SNH4C5)(CH3CN)2, [2]; Mo2OCl6(C9H7N2S)4, [3] and Mo2O2Cl8(C5H4N4S)(CH3CN), [4]. The various techniques used for characterization of compounds are: Fourier transform infrared, proton nuclear magnetic resonance, 13C nuclear magnetic resonance, liquid/gas chromatography mass spectrometry and C, H, N, S, Mo, Cl analysis. The products are prone to oxidation/hydrolysis by air/moisture, so all procedures were executed in vacuum line using dry nitrogen atmosphere. Elemental analysis and fragments recorded in mass spectrometry are in tune with the formulae proposed.