Synthesis of molybdenum dicarbonyl complexes bearing tethered homoallylic amines and sulfides

A series of organomolybdenum complexes, 8-14, bearing a pi-allyl ligand tet hered to a chelating heteroatom, have been synthesized from the reaction of allylic acetates 1-4 with the sodium salt of beta-dicarbonyl compounds 5-7 and Mo(CO)(6) in THF. X-ray structural analysis established the relative c onfiguration at the metal center.