Crystal and molecular structure of a dioxo-molybdenum phosphorus-substituted alkylidene resulting from the first observed aryl migration from molybdenum to carbon
Abstract
The reaction of Mo(O)2(mesityl)2 with Bu3PCH2 yields (mesityl)(O)2MoC(mesityl)PBu3, the first example of a dioxo-metal phosphorus-substituted carbene resulting a double α-hydrogen abstraction and aryl migration from molybdenum to carbon within the co-ordination sphere of the metal.