Cyclopentadienyltris(dimethylamido)molybdenum: photoelectron spectroscopy, electron diffraction and theoretical calculations 

Abstract

The synthesis and isolation of Mo(C₅H₅)(NMe₂)₃ has been performed. Nuclear magnetic resonance and photoelectron spectra and electron diffraction studies are all consistent with a ground-state structure in which one amido group lies with the methyl groups axial to the molybdenum–cyclopentadienyl vector and the other two with the methyl groups equatorial. This conformation is also predicted by density functional calculations.

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