Displacement of tetrahydrofuran ligands by tripodal phosphines. Crystal structure of [MoCl3{N(CH2CH2PPh2)3}]·C4H8O
Abstract
The complexes [MoCl3{P(CH2CH2PPh2)3}]·thf and [MoCl3{N(CH2CH2PPh2)3}]·thf (thf = tetrahydrofuran) have been prepared from [MoCl3(thf)3] by ligand replacement reaction of thf. An X-ray crystal structure investigation of [MoCl3{N(CH2CH2PPh2)3}]·thf shows a distorted-octahedral structure with a meridional arrangement of the three chlorine ligands. The amine acts as tridentate ligand with a pendant PPh2 group.