Aseriesofcarboxylate-substitutedtrinudearmolybdenumdus-tercompoundsformulatedasMo3S4(DTP)3(RCO2)(L),whereRffiH,CH3,C2H5,CH2Cl,CCl3,R^1C6H4(R^1isthegrouponthebenzeneringofaromaticcarboxylate),L=pyridine,CH3CN,DMF,havebeensynthesizedbytheligandsubstitu-tionreaction.Thedissociationoftheloosely-coordinatedligandLfromtheclustercorewasstudiedby^31pNMR.Thedissocia-tionprocessofLisrelatedtothesolvent,temperature,andacidityofcarboxylategroups,soastoaffectthesolutionstruc-tureandreactivepropertiesoftheduster.Thelong-distancein-teractionbetweenligandsRCO2andListransportedbyMo3S4core.
