Abstract

The title compound, [Mo2(C11H16N)4(C10H11N)2], is a dinuclear molybdenum complex with a formal metal–metal bond [Mo⋯Mo separation = 2.5946 (8) Å], four anilide-type ligands and two bridging mesityl nitrile groups. There are two inversion symmetric mol­ecules in the unit cell (an inversion center is localized at the mid-point of the Mo—Mo bond), each with approximate non-crystallographic C 2h symmetry. The mol­ecules contain disordered isopropyl and 3,5-C6H3Me2 groups on different anilido ligands; the major component having an occupancy of 0.683 (7). The complex was obtained in low yield as the product from the reaction between the bridging pyrazine adduct of molybdenum tris­-anilide ([μ2-(C4H4N2){Mo(C11H16N)3}2]) and mesityl nitrile with a loss of one anilido ligand.

Highlights

  • The title compound, [Mo2(C11H16N)4(C10H11N)2], is a dinuclear molybdenum complex with a formal metal–metal bond [Mo Mo separation = 2.5946 (8) Å], four anilide-type ligands and two bridging mesityl nitrile groups

  • There are two inversion symmetric molecules in the unit cell, each with approximate non-crystallographic C2h symmetry

  • The complex was obtained in low yield as the product from the reaction between the bridging pyrazine adduct of molybdenum trisanilide ([2-(C4H4N2){Mo(C11H16N)3}2]) and mesityl nitrile with a loss of one anilido ligand

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Cumminsb a Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77

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