Crystal structures of two dioxomolybdenum complexes stabilized by salan ligands featuring phenyl and cyclohexyl backbones
Abstract
Two cis-dioxomolybdenum complexes based on salan ligands with different backbones are reported. The first complex, dioxido{2,2′-[l,2-phenylenebis(iminomethylene)]bis(phenolato)}molybdenum(VI) dimethylformamide disolvate, [Mo(C20H18N2O2)O2]·2C3H7NO (PhLMoO2, 1b), features a phenyl backbone, while the second complex, (6,6′-{[(cyclohexane-1,2-diyl)bis(azanediyl)]bis(methylene)}bis(2,4-di-tert-butylphenolato))dioxidomolybdenum(VI) methanol disolvate, [Mo(C36H56N2O2)O2]·2CH3OH (CyLMoO2, 2b), is based on a cyclohexyl backbone. These complexes crystallized as solvated species, 1b·2DMF and 2b·2MeOH. The salan ligands PhLH2 (1a) and CyLH2 (2a) coordinate to the molybdenum center in these complexes 1b and 2b in a κ2 N,κ2 O fashion, forming a distorted octahedral geometry. The Mo—N and Mo—O distances are 2.3475 (16) and 1.9567 (16) Å, respectively, in 1b while the corresponding measurements are Mo—N = 2.3412 (12) Å, and Mo—O = 1.9428 (10) Å for 2b. A key geometrical feature is that the N—Mo—N angle of 72.40 (4)° in CyLMoO2 is slightly less than that of the PhLMoO2 angle of 75.18 (6)°, which is attributed to the flexibility of the cyclohexane ring between the nitrogen as compared to the rigid phenyl ring in the PhLMoO2.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1107/s2056989022000524
Entities
People
- Alex John
- Jacob P. Brannon
- S Chantal E Stieber
- Stephenie N. Martinez
- Tristhan Trieu-tran
Organizations
- National Science Foundation
- United States Department of Defense