Chalcogenidobis(ene-1,2-dithiolate)molybdenum(IV) complexes (chalcogenide E = O, S, Se): probing Mo≡E and ene-1,2-dithiolate substituent effects on geometric and electronic structure.

New square-pyramidal bis(ene-1,2-dithiolate)MoSe complexes, [Mo(IV)Se(L)(2)](2-), have been synthesised along with their terminal sulfido analogues, [Mo(IV)S(L)(2)](2-), using alkyl (L(C(4)H(8))), phenyl (L(Ph)) and methyl carboxylate (L(COOMe)) substituted dithiolene ligands (L). These complexes now complete three sets of Mo(IV)O, Mo(IV)S and Mo(IV)Se species that are coordinated with identical ene-1,2-dithiolate ligands. The [alkyl substituted Mo(S/Se)(L(C(4)H(8)))(2)](2-) complexes were reported in prior investigations (H.

Monooxomolybdenum(VI) complexes possessing olefinic dithiolene ligands: probing Mo-S covalency contributions to electron transfer in dimethyl sulfoxide reductase family molybdoenzymes.

A monooxomolybdenum(VI) model complex for the oxidized active site in the DMSOR family of molybdoenzymes has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The compound was obtained from the desoxomolybdenum(IV) derivative by clean oxygen-atom transfer from an amine N-oxide in a manner similar to that observed in the enzyme. A combination of electronic absorption and resonance Raman spectroscopies, coupled with the results of bonding and excited-state calculations, has been used to provide strong support for a highly covalent Mo(d(xy))-S(dithiolene) pi*-bonding interaction in the molybdenum(VI) complex.

Dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with ene-1,2-dithiolate ligands: synthesis, spectroscopy, and oxygen atom transfer reactivity.

New dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes, (Et(4)N)(Ph(4)P)[Mo(VI)O(2)(S(2)C(2)(CO(2)Me)(2))(bdt)] (2) and (Et(4)N)(Ph(4)P)[Mo(VI)O(2)(S(2)C(2)(CO(2)Me)(2))(bdtCl(2))](4)(S(2)C(2)(CO(2)Me)(2) = 1,2-dicarbomethoxyethylene-1,2-ditholate, bdt = 1,2-benzenedithiolate, bdtCl(2) = 3,6-dichloro-1,2-benzenedithiolate), that possess at least one ene-1,2-dithiolate ligand were synthesized by the reaction of their mono-oxo-molybdenum(IV) derivatives, (Et(4)N)(2)[Mo(IV)O(S(2)C(2)(CO(2)Me)(2))(bdt)] (1) and (Et(4)N)(2)[Mo(IV)O(S(2)C(2)(CO(2)Me)(2))(bdtCl(2))] (3), with Me(3)NO. Additionally, the bis(ene-1,2-dithiolate)Mo(VI)O(2) complex, (Et(4)N)(Ph(4)P)[Mo(VI)O(2)(S(2)C(2)(CO(2)Me)(2))(2)] (6), was isolated. Complexes 2, 4, and 6 were characterized by elemental analysis, negative-ion ESI mass spectrometry, and IR spectroscopy.

A new class of sulfido/oxo(dithiolene)-molybdenum(IV) complexes derived from sulfido/oxo-bis(tetrasulfido)molybdenum(IV) anions.

Mono(dithiolene)sulfidomolybdenum(IV) complexes, [MoS(S4)(bdt)](2-) (2) and [MoS(S4)(bdtCl2)](2-) (3) (1,2-benzenedithiolate = bdt, 3,6-dichloro-1,2-benzenedithiolate = bdtCl2), were prepared by the substitution reaction of a tetrasulfido ligand in known [MoS(S4)2](2-) (1) with the corresponding dithiol. Complexes 2 and 3 were irreversibly oxidized to give bis(mu-sulfido) dimolybdenum(V) species, {[MoS(bdt)]2(mu-S)2}(2-) (4) and {[MoS(bdtCl2)]2(mu-S)2}(2-) (5), in aerobic acetonitrile. Mono(dithiolene)oxomolybdenum(IV) complexes, [MoO(S4)(bdt)](2-) (7) and [MoO(S4)(bdtCl2)](2-) (8), that are oxo derivatives of 2 and 3 were also synthesized from a known [MoO(S4)2](2-) (6) of an oxo derivative of 1 and the corresponding dithiol.