CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF TETRANUCLEAR MOLYBDENUM CLUSTER Mo_4(μ_3-O)_2Cl_2(o-CH_3C_6H_4COO)_6

摘要

Cluster compound [Mo4(μ3-O)2O4Cl2(o-CH3C6H4COO)6] has been prepared by the reaction of molybdenum pentachloride and o-methylbenzoic acid. It crystllizes in the orthorhombic space group Praia with cell parameters:Mr= 1361. 6,a=13. 792(4), b=17. 957(3),c= 20. 974(9) A ,V=5194(2) A3,Z= 4,Dc= 1. 74g/cm3,F(000) = 2704,μ(MoKa) = 11. 0/cm. The final R=0. 061 and Rw=0. 064 for 1441(I>3oooooooooo(I)) observed unique reflections. The tetranuclear complex molecule, where the molybdenum atoms are bridged by two μ3-O atoms and six bidentate o-methylbenzoato ligands,is located at crystallographic two-fold axis(x,-1/4,1/4) with one Mo-Mo bond of 2.