Abstract
A new dinuclear oxomolybdate complex [(C 6H 4OCHN(CH 2) 3NHCOC 6H 4) 2Mo 2O 3]·2H 2O was obtained as black needle crystals by the reaction of MoCl 3·3H 2O with a specially designed tetradentate Schiff base ligand under solvothermal conditions. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis indicates that it crystallizes in a monoclinic P2 1/ c space group with a rare oxo-bridged dinuclear molybdenum structure. The structure is characterized by two MoO 4N 2 octahedra sharing a corner oxygen atom in a completely linear MoOMo arrangement. In addition to being the first example of nearly linear OMoOMoO arrangements, the present structure features a MoO single bond at two ends, in sharp contrast with the known OMOMO (M=W, Re) units that contain MO double bonds for terminal oxygen, due to the spatial chelating requirement of the long tetradentate Schiff base ligand. The completely linear MoOMo structure together with the relatively short MoO distance of 1.8819(7) Å suggests the involvement of metal–oxygen π bonding.
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