A molecular Mo4Bi4 framework composed exclusively of unsupported metal–metal bonds†
Abstract
Reaction of [Cp2MoH2] with CH2}3], gave rise to an extended octanuclear complex wherein two cyclic Mo2Bi2 units composed of four Mo–Bi bonds are linked by a Bi–Bi bond. The fact that the construction of such an assembly could be accomplished only in the case of a monomethylation of the parent