USE OF TRIMETHYLAMINE N-OXIDE IN THE CONTROLLED AIR-OXIDATION OF METAL-CARBONYL-COMPLEXES - SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF A NOVEL ORGANOMETALLIC OXO COMPLEX OF DIMOLYBDENUM
Jc. Stichbury et al., USE OF TRIMETHYLAMINE N-OXIDE IN THE CONTROLLED AIR-OXIDATION OF METAL-CARBONYL-COMPLEXES - SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF A NOVEL ORGANOMETALLIC OXO COMPLEX OF DIMOLYBDENUM, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (12), 1995, pp. 1269-1270
The air oxidation of [Mo-2(CO)(4)(mu-RCCR')(eta(5)-C5H5)(2)] in the pr
esence of trimethylamine N-oxide affords the novel organometallic comp
lexes [Mo2O2(mu-O)(mu-RCCR')(eta(5)-C5H5)(2)] [R = R' = CO(2)Me or Ph;
R = CO(2)Me, R' = H; R = Ph, R' = H) which are characterised spectros
copically; the structure of 2O2(mu-O)(mu-MeO(2)C-C-2-CO(2)Me)(eta(5)-C
5H5)(2)] 1 is determined by X-ray crystallography.