The dissolution of the indenyl (Ind) complex [{(η5‐Ind)Mo(CO)2(μ‐Cl)}2] (1) in N,N′‐dimethylformamide (DMF) gives the ring‐slipped complex [(η3‐Ind)Mo(CO)2Cl(DMF)2] (2). The aerial oxidation of 2 leads to the formation of the dinuclear oxomolybdenum(V) chloride [Mo2O2(DMF)4(μ‐O)2Cl2] (3). The structures of 2 and 3·DMF have been determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. Compounds 1 and 3 were examined as p...
The oxidative decarbonylation of the η3-allyl dicarbonyl complexes [Mo(η3-C3H5)Cl(CO)2(L)] (L = 2,2′- bipyridine (bipy) (1), 4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine (di-tBu-bipy) (2)) by reaction with aqueous tertbutylhydroperoxide (TBHP) or H2O2 gave the following compounds in good to excellent yields: the oxobridged dimers [MoO2Cl(L)]2O (L = bipy (3), di-tBu-bipy (6)) using TBHP(10 equiv.)/CH3CN/r.t.; the molybden...