On the atomic environment and the mode of action of the catalytic centre in an intercalated oxo–molybdenum complex [MoO2{O2CC(S)Ph2}2]2– for oxygen-transfer reactions
Abstract
The title anion accommodated as a pillar in the interlamellar space of a Zn(II)AlIII double hydroxide(hydrotalcite-like) host is shown by X-ray absorption spectroscopy, supplemented by other studies, to possess three terminal MoO groups, in contrast to the two that exist in the dispersed, catalytically active anion.