pH Dependent formations of dinuclear molybdenum(V) and incomplete cubane molybdenum(IV) complexes with nitrilotriacetate

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Abstract

Nitrilotriacetato oxomolybdenum(V) dinuclear complex (NH4)4[cis-Mo2O4(nta)2] · 7H2O (1) (H3nta = nitrilotriacetic acid) and its incomplete cubane-type trinuclear molybdenum(IV) complex [Mo3O(OH)3(Hnta)3] · Cl · 3H2O (2) are isolated in a weak acidic and an acidic solutions, respectively (pH 4.5 and 1.0). The nitrilotriacetate ligand in the anion 1 or the cation 2 displays tridentate mode through the nitrogen atom and the oxygen atoms of β-carboxy groups. Unusual protonations of bridged oxygen atoms in 2 have not effect on the skeleton of molybdenum(IV) cap Mo3O unit. There are obvious dissociations of molybdenum(V) complexes based on 13C NMR observations in solution. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Molybdate, Nitrilotriacetate, Incomplete cubane cluster, Crystal structure

Publication Title

Inorganic Chemistry Communications

ISSN

1387-7003

Divisions

CHEMISTRY

Funders

Ministry of Science and Technology (2005CB221408),National Science Foundation of China (20571061)

Volume

10

Issue

12

Publisher

Elsevier

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