Paramagnetic diene complexes of molybdenum(III) and a transformation into a diamagnetic, fluxional molybdenum–thallium complex, [MoTl(SC6F5)4(η-C5H5)]
Abstract
Paramagnetic diene complexes [MoX2(diene)(η-C5H5)](X = Cl, Br, I, SAr) give well resolved e.s.r. spectra in solution; reaction with TISC6F5 produces the unusual fluxional, bimetallic complex [MoTl(SC6F5)4(η-C5H5)].