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Trevor W Hayton1, Peter Legzdins, Steven J Rettig
1Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1.
Abstract:
The title complex, [Mo(C(5)H(5))(C(6)H(4)FO)(C(4)H(11)Si)(NO)], is formed by reacting CpMo(NO)(CH(2)SiMe(3))(2), where Cp is cyclopentadienyl, with one equivalent of p-FC(6)H(4)OH. The complex exhibits the expected piano-stool molecular structure, with a linear nitrosyl ligand [Mo-N-O 168.2(2) degree] having Mo-N and N-O distances of 1.764(2) and 1.207(3)A, respectively. The phenoxo Mo-O distance of 1.945(2)A is suggestive of some multiple-bond character.
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