Ram A. Lal, Syamal Adhikari, Asim Pal, Alakananda N. Siva and Arvind Kumar
The homobimetallic molybdenum(VI) complexes [(MoO2)2(napoxlh)]·4H2O 1, [{(µ2-O)MoO2}MoO2(napoxl hH2)]·2L·4H2O, [L=pyridine (py) 2, 3-pic 3] and the molybdenum(V) complexes [MoO2(napoxlh)(sylsh)2]·5H2 O 4 and [Mo2(napoxlh)(inh)2(H2O)2 ]·3H2O 5, (3-pic=3-picoline, sylshH3=salicyloylhydrazine and inhH3=isonicotinoylhydrazine) are synthesized from bis(2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde) oxaloyldihydrazone (napoxlhH4) and then characterized.