Biimidazole and bis(amide)bipyridine molybdenum carbonyl complexes as anions receptors

Inorg Chem. 2007 Apr 2;46(7):2846-53. doi: 10.1021/ic0621650. Epub 2007 Feb 16.

Abstract

Compounds [Mo(CO)4(N-N)] (N-N = 4,4'-bis((4-methylphenyl)carbamoyl)-2,2'-bipyridine, bipy', 1; or 2,2'-biimidazole, H2biim, 2), [MoCl(eta3-methallyl)(CO)2(N-N)] (N-N = bipy', 3; H2biim, 4), and [Mo(eta3-methallyl)(CNtBu)(CO2)(N-N)]BAr'4 (Ar' = 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl; N-N= bipy', 5; H2biim, 6) were synthesized and characterized, and their behavior toward anions was investigated in solution (IR and 1H NMR) and in solid state (X-ray diffraction).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amides / chemistry*
  • Anions / chemistry
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Imidazoles / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Molybdenum / chemistry*
  • Pyridines / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amides
  • Anions
  • Imidazoles
  • Pyridines
  • 2,2'-biimidazole
  • Molybdenum