Mo Analogue Research Articles

Metallo-oxides in nitrogen fixation

Ammonia is released from the metallo-imide trans-[W(NH)(OMe)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2]+ without degradation of the phosphine ligand assembly by a hydrolysis reaction which gives the oxide trans-[WOCl(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2]+; and this oxide and its Mo analogue are reduced at a mercury cathode in the presence of molecular nitrogen with phenol as a proton source to give trans-[M(N2)2(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2](M = Mo or W); the primary reduction potentials of the Mo and W oxides are substantially positive of those of their isostructural imide counterparts and this suggests a possible role for oxides in biological nitrogen fixation.

ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Structure of a Dinuclear Mo(I) Complex Containing Mo ‐ N, Mo2(CO)6(SCH2CO2Et)2(CH3CN)2.

AbstractThe dinuclear Mo(I) title Complex (II) is prepared by oxidation of its Mo(O) analogue (I) with I2 as shown.

Synthesis and structure of a dinuclear Mo(I) complex containing MoN, Mo 2(CO) 6(SCH 2CO 2Et) 2(CH 3CN) 2

The dinuclear Mo(I) title Complex (II) is prepared by oxidation of its Mo(O) analogue (I) with I2 as shown.