The present studies reported synthesis and characterization of novel molybdenum and tungsten precursors suitable for CVD/ALD process. The novel precursors, Mo(NtBu)2(dmampS)2 (1), Mo(NtBu)2(dmampS)Cl (2), Mo(NtBu)2(StBu)(dmampS) (3), W(NtBu)2(dmampS)2...
The present studies reported synthesis and characterization of novel molybdenum and tungsten precursors suitable for CVD/ALD process. The novel precursors, Mo(NtBu)2(dmampS)2 (1), Mo(NtBu)2(dmampS)Cl (2), Mo(NtBu)2(StBu)(dmampS) (3), W(NtBu)2(dmampS)2 (4), W(NtBu)2(dmampS)Cl (5), W(NtBu)2(StBu)(dmampS) (6), W(NtBu)2(dmamp)2 (7), W(NtBu)2(dmamb)2 (8) and W(NtBu)2(btsa)2 (9), were synthesized by metathesis reaction of Mo(NtBu)2Cl2(dme) and W(NtBu)2Cl2Py2 with lithium 1-(dimethylamino)-2-methylpropane-2-thiolate [Li(dmampS)], sodium1-(dimethylamino)-2-methylpropan-2-olate [Na(dmamp)], sodium1-(dimethylamino)-2-methylbutan-2-olate [Na(dmamb)], and lithium-bis(trimethylsilyl)amide [Li(btsa)], respectively. The compounds have been characterized by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR spectroscopy, microanalytical data, and mass spectrometry. The molecular structures of 1, 3, 4, and 6, obtained by X-ray single crystallography, reveal distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry. Optimized geometries of 7 and 8 were calculated by density functional theory (DFT). The calculated geometry of 7 is similar to the experimental molecular geometry. Thermal properties of the all precursors were analyzed by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). In TGA, the residues of 1 and 3, 4 and 6, and 7 and 8 are calculated to MoS2, WS2, and WO2, respectively. TGA of 9 exhibits smaller residue than the calculated values for tungsten nitrides due to volatilization before decomposition. Thermal decomposition of 7 under nitrogen atmosphere was confirmed to form WO2 by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD).