PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF OXO(2,3,17,18-TETRAMETHYL-7,8,12,13-TETRAETHYLCORROLATO)MOLYBDENUM(V)

Abstract
Oxo(2,3,17,18-tetramethyl-7,8,12,13-tetraethylcorrolato)molybdenum(V) was prepared from the corresponding corrole by the reaction with either molybdenum pentachloride or molybdenum hexacarbonyl. Spin Hamiltonian parameters were evaluated as g = 1.967, AMo=41.8×10−4 cm−1, and AN=2.3×10−4 cm−1. The results from ESR and ESCA measurements indicate that the molybdenum complex has a compressed tetragonal structure of N4O-coordination.