Novel low-temperature route to known (MnS and FeS2) and new (CrS3, MoS4 and WS5) transition-metal sulfides

Abstract

The reaction of the transition-metal carbonyls, Mn2(CO)10, Fe(CO)5 or M(CO)6(M = Cr, Mo or W) with sulfur in 1, 2-dichlorobenzene yields polycrystalline MnS (alabandite), FeS2(marcarsite), and three new amorphous sulfur-rich sulfides CrS3, MoS4 and WS5.