N
ew half-sandwich molybd
enum compl
ex
es [Mo(CpBz)Cl
2(O)] (
1), [{Mo(CpBz)(O)
2}
2(
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5), and [Mo(CpBz)Cl
2]
2 (
6) (CpBz = C
5(CH
2Ph)
5), th
e tungst
en d
erivativ
e [W(CpBz)Cl(O)
2](
3), and a high yi
eld synth
esis of [Mo(CpBz)Cl(O)
2] (
2) ar
e d
escrib
ed. Th
e mol
ecular structur
esand cyclic voltamm
etry m
easur
em
ents of
1 and
2 and a comparativ
e study of variousmolybd
enum dioxo compl
ex
es as ol
efin
epoxidation catalyst pr
ecursors ar
e also pr
es
ent
ed.Th
e p
erformanc
e of [Mo(CpPr
i4)Cl(O)
2] (
9) as cyclooct
en
e epoxidation catalyst using TBHPas oxidant was d
et
ermin
ed and compar
ed with oth
er [MoCp'Cl(O)
2] compl
ex
es (Cp' = C
5H
5(
7), C
5M
e5 (
8), CpBz (
2)) to ass
ess th
e activity d
ep
end
enc
e on th
e ring substitu
ents. Und
erth
e sam
e exp
erim
ental conditions, bim
etallic compounds [{MoCp'(O)
2}
2(
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5), Cp* (
10), CpBu
t3 (
11), CpPr
i4 (
12)) hav
e b
een t
est
ed and [CpMoO
2]
2O was ch
eck
ed inaqu
eous solution, with H
2O
2 and TBHP as oxidant. Finally, [Mo(CpBz)(CO)
3CH
3] (
4) wasus
ed as a catalyst pr
ecursor for cyclooct
en
e epoxidation in th
e pr
es
enc
e of TBHP. Th
e analogyb
etw
een th
e b
ehaviors display
ed by this compl
ex and compl
ex
2 is discuss
ed.