Crystal structure of dioxodibromo-2,2′-bipyridylmolybdenum(VI) Mo(O)2(C10N2H8)Br2

Abstract

The crystal structure of dioxodibromo-2,2′-bipyridylmolybdenum (VI) has been determined from three-dimensional data collected photographically (R= 0·12). The crystals are triclinic, spacegroup P, with dimensions of the Delaunay reduced unit cell a= 10·41 ± 0·04, b= 8·39 ± 0·02, c= 8·93 ± 0·07 Å, α= 120° 25′± 39′, β= 100° 16′± 34′, and γ= 94° 56′± 17′; Z= 2. The complex has an extremely distorted octahedral configuration about the molybdenum atom with the oxygen atoms in the cis- and the bromine atoms in the trans-configuration.