Complexes of dithiobenzoic acids. III.1H and 13C nuclear magnetic reonance studies of a series of tetrakis(dithiobenzoato)molybdenum(IV) complexes
A series of dithiocarboxalato (X-dtb) complexes of molybdenum(IV), Mo(X-dtb)4, where the para substituent X = H, CH3, CH3O, F, C6H5, CHO, C6H5CO, or (n-C4H9)2N, the parent acids and tetraalkylammonium salts were studied by 1H and 13C nmr in order to monitor the expected charge density shifts as a function of the group X. Analysis of the 13C nmr data unexpectedly revealed an absence of delocalization of electron density either from molybdenum to ligand or from ligand to molybdenum.