A series of molybdenum(IV) complexes of the type
trans-Mo(Q)(Q')(P
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P)
2 has beenprepared where Q and Q'are chalcogen ligands (O, S, Se, Te) and P
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P is either
cis-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylene (dppee) or1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (dppe). X-raycrystallographic studies were carried out to investigate howtheMo-Q distance is influenced by the mutually competitived
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-p
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interactions between thep
x and p
y orbitalsofthe chalcogen ligands and the d
xz andd
yz orbitals of the molybdenum center.
trans-Mo(O)
2(dppee)
2(
1) has beenprepared by the hydrolysis and deprotonation reaction of[Mo(O)(Cl)(dppee)
2]Cl with NaOH inmethanol. Thecompounds where Q represents the heavier chalcogens (S, Se, Te) havebeen prepared by the reaction between
trans-Mo(N
2)
2(P
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P)
2and a chalcogen source:
trans-Mo(S)
2(dppee)
2(
2), BzS
3Bz (dibenzyl trisulfide);
trans-Mo(Se)
2(dppee)
2 (
3),elemental Se;
trans-Mo(Te)
2(dppee)
2(
4), TePEt
3 (Et = ethyl);
trans-Mo(S)
2(dppe)
2(
5),BzS
3Bz;
trans-Mo(Se)
2(dppe)
2(
6), Se.
trans-Mo(O)(S)(dppee)
2(
7) was obtained from the reaction ofMoCl
3(THF)
3 (THF = tetrahydrofuran), dppee, and NaHS in amixture of THF and methanol. The attemptedpreparationof
7 by the reaction of SO
2 and
trans-Mo(N
2)
2(dppee)
2yielded Mo(SO
2)
2(dppee)
2(
8).
1 crystallizes in themonoclinic space group
P2
1/
c (No. 14,
Z = 2) with
a = 11.1340(15) Å,
b = 18.435(2) Å,
c = 12.515(2) Å,and
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= 110.999(9)
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;
2 crystallizes in the triclinicspace group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
(No. 2,
Z = 1) with
a = 10.102(4) Å,
b =10.722(4) Å,
c = 12.195(3) Å,
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= 100.95(3)
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,
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= 95.04(4)
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, and
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= 117.81(2)
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;
3crystallizes in the monoclinicspace group
P2
1/
c (No. 14,
Z = 2) with
a = 11.186(5) Å,
b = 18.005(8) Å,
c = 12.761(9) Å,and
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= 110.35(4)
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;
4 crystallizes in the triclinic space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
(No. 2,
Z = 2) with
a =12.681(4) Å,
b = 19.280(5) Å,
c=10.454(3) Å,
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= 104.60(2)
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,
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=111.61(2)
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, and
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= 75.12(2)
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;
5crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
C2/
c (No. 15,
Z = 8) with
a = 49.515(7) Å,
b = 10.9286(12)Å,
c = 18.203(3) Å, and
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= 98.306(12)
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;
6crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
C2/
c(No. 15,
Z = 8) with
a = 49.566(9) Å,
b = 10.9765(15) Å,
c = 18.282(3) Å, and
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= 98.541(13)
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;
7 crystallizes in the triclinic space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
(No. 2,
Z = 1) with
a=10.040(1) Å,
b = 10.563(1) Å,
c =12.162(2) Å,
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= 75.30(1)
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,
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= 85.93(1)
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,and
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= 63.21(1)
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;
8 crystallizesin the monoclinic space group
C2/
c (No. 15,
Z = 4) with
a = 21.534(6) Å,
b = 12.4271(13) Å,
c =19.550(5)Å, and
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= 118.480(14)
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. The UV/vis and the
31P{
1H} NMR data for compounds
1-
7 are also reported anddiscussed.