Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of a unique puckered six-membered metallacycle in Mo6O6Cl6(µ3-O)2(µ2-EtO)6(µ2-Cl)2
Abstract
The cluster Mo6O6Cl6(µ3-O)2(µ2-EtO)6(µ2-Cl)2 exhibits a unique chair configuration of metal atoms incorporating 3 Mo–Mo single bonds and two highly distorted planar Mo3(µ3-O) bridges, an arrangement derived from the adoption of preferred coordination about the metal centres.