Intermediates and products of the reaction of MoCl5 with ethanol: crystal structures of [MoOCl3(EtOH)] and H[MoOCl4]·2EtOH
Abstract
An intermediate in the ethanolysis reactions of MoCl
5
,
[MoOCl
3
(EtOH)] 2, has been isolated after the
reaction of MoCl
5
with 2 equivalents of EtOH and its crystal
structure was determined. Treatment of MoCl
5
with 2.5
equivalents of EtOH and subsequent cooling as well as the reaction of
[Cl
2
OMo(µ-OEt)
2
(µ-HOEt)MoOCl
2
]
1 with HCl(g) yield a product which has been identified as
H[MoOCl
4
]·2EtOH 3 by X-ray crystallography.
The mechanisms leading to 1–3 are discussed. The
reactions of 2 with donors have been investigated and
[Cl
2
OMo(µ-OPr)
2
(µ-HOPr)MoOCl
2
]
4 was obtained as a first derivative of 1 after the
reaction of MoCl
5
with PrOH.
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