Cyclophetatrienylmolybdenum complexes. Part 3 [1]. Reaction of the cation [Mo(acac)(H2O(η7-C7H7)]+ with halide and thiocyanate anions; molecular and crystal structure of [Mo(acac)(NCS)(η7C7H7)]

M. Green*, H. P. Kirsch, F. G. A. Stone, A. J. Welch

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Abstract

The complex [Mo(acac)(H2O)(η7-C7H7)]BF4 reacts with anionic nucleophiles to form neutral seventeen-electron paramagnetic compounds [Mp(acac)X(η7-C7H7)] (X = Cl, Br, I or NCS). Crystals of the thiocyanic derivative are monoclinic, space group P21/a with a = 12.762(2), b = 12.634(4) and c = 8.813(3) Å, β = 100.70(2)°; 2788 data ≥ 1.0σ have been employed to solve and refine the structure to a conventional R = 0.069. The molecule is almost identical with that of the cation [Mo(acac)(H2O)(η7-C7H7)]+ with a non-linear N-bonded thiocyanate function replacing the water molecule at MoN 2.122(10) Å.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-106
Number of pages6
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume29
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1978

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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