First crystallographic elucidation of a high-valent molybdenum oxo N-heterocyclic carbene complex [CpMo(VI)O2(IBz)]2[Mo6O19]

Shenyu Li; Zhe Wang; T S Andy Hor; Jin Zhao

doi:10.1039/c2dt11616b

First crystallographic elucidation of a high-valent molybdenum oxo N-heterocyclic carbene complex [CpMo(VI)O2(IBz)]2[Mo6O19]

Dalton Trans. 2012 Feb 7;41(5):1454-6. doi: 10.1039/c2dt11616b. Epub 2011 Dec 19.

Authors

Shenyu Li¹, Zhe Wang, T S Andy Hor, Jin Zhao

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.

PMID: 22179314
DOI: 10.1039/c2dt11616b

Abstract

A high-valent molybdenum NHC dioxo complex [CpMoO(2)(IBz)](2)[Mo(6)O(19)] (IBz = 1,3-dibenzylimidazol-2-ylidene) has been isolated in its hexamolybdate form and crystallographically elucidated to show a Mo-C(NHC) bond of 2.173(4) Å. (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene).