Ligand condensation of P(CH2OH)3: Synthesis and structure of [Ni3S2{(CH2OH)2PCH2OP(CH2OH)2}3][Mo6Cl14] · 0.8H2O

Reaction of NiCl 2 · 6H 2 O and P(CH 2 OH) 3 (THP) with H 2 S and (H 7 O 3 ) 2 [Mo 6 Cl 14 ] · 3H 2 O in ethanol produces new trinuclear nickel sulphide complex [Ni 3 (μ 3 -S) 2 {(HOCH 2 ) 2 PCH 2 OP(CH 2 OH) 2 } 3 ][Mo 6 Cl 14 ] · 0.8H 2 O ( I ) with new bidentate phosphine-phosphinite ligand resulted from THP condensation. It was characterized by X-ray structure analysis.