Synthesis, Molecular Structure and Reactivity of a Calix[4]arene Monomethyl Ether Supported Nitridomolybdenum Complex (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 11/2005)

✍ Scribed by Paola Deplano; Jürgen Zeller; Susanne Büschel; Benjamin K. H. Reiser; Farida Begum; Udo Radius

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 82 KB
• Volume: 2005
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-1948
• DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200590024

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The cover picture shows the reaction of a calix[4]arene methyl ether stabilized nitridomolybdenum complex [MoN(MeCalix)] with GaCl~3~ to yield the compound [Mo(NGa‐Cl~3~)(MeCalix)]. This complex represents the first structurally characterized example of a nitrido‐bridged dinuclear compound of a group 6 metal and a group 13 halide [EX~3~]. Both metal atoms are unsymmetrically bridged with a short [Mo≡N] and a long [Ga−N] contact. Details on synthesis and structural characterization are discussed in the article by U. Radius et al. on p. 2037 ff. In the background there is a view from the University of Karlsruhe (TH) to the adjacent “Hardtwald” on a stormy day photographed by Bernhard Mühr (www.wolkenatlas.de).