Jc. Littrell et al., RAMAN-SPECTRA OF M(2)(OR)(6) AND M(2)R(6) (M=MO,W) COMPOUNDS - ASSIGNMENT OF THE M-M STRETCHING FREQUENCY IN M(2)X(6) DIMERS, Inorganic chemistry, 36(5), 1997, pp. 760
Through comparison of the Raman spectra of a series of homologous comp
ounds of the type M(2)X(6) (M = Mo, W; X = OR, R) containing a metal-m
etal triple bond, we have assigned bands at approximately 365 cm(-1) f
or the dimolybdenum species and approximately 285 cm(-1) for the ditun
gsten species to the metal-metal stretching frequency nu(M=M). This is
the first definitive assignment of nu(M=M) in triply bonded M(2)X(6)
compounds.