IONIC LIQUID MEDIATED PREPARATION AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF ETHYLIMIDAZOLIUM]2[CIS-MOO2(SALICYLATO-O(1),O(2)2]

The complex salt, [1-MeimH]2[CiS-MoO2(sal)2], 1, (1-Meim = 1-methylimi dazole, sal = o-C6H4(O-)(COO-)) has been prepared by reacting MO(CO)6 with molten 1-methyl imidazolium salicylate [1-MeimH][salH], and the s tructure of 1 has been determined by single crystal X-ray crystallogra phy: triclinic, P1BAR, a = 9.220(2), b = 9.469(3), c = 15.368(4) angst rom, alpha = 105.04(4), beta = 99.48(3), gamma = 109.48(3)-degrees, Z = 2, D(calc) = 1.60 g/cm. 2809 reflections with I > 2.5sigma(I) gave a final values of R = 0.031 and R(w) = 0.041.