Preparation and crystal and molecular structure of (η3-nonamethylcyclotetraphosphazanium-P,P,P)tricarbonylmolybdenum(0) iodide – acetonitrile (1:1), [(η3-Me(MeNPMe)4)Mo(CO)3]I•MeCN
The synthesis and physical properties of [(η3-Me(MeNPMe)4)Mo(CO)3]l are reported. Crystals of (η3-nonamethylcyclotetraphosphazanium-P,P,P)tricarbonylmolybdenum(0) iodide – acetonitrile (1:1) are orthorhombic, a = 13.1938(4), b = 13.7847(5), c = 29.281(2) Å, Z = 8, space group Pcab. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier techniques and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.030 and Rw = 0.034 for 2388 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). The structure consists of discrete cations, anions, and solvent molecules. The complex cation has approximate mirror symmetry in the solid state, the Mo atom being coordinated to three phosphazane P atoms and three carbonyl ligands in a distorted octahedral arrangement. Important bond lengths (corrected for libration) are: Mo—P = 2.483(2), 2.439(2), and 2.474(2), mean Mo—C = 1.984(3), mean P—N = 1.710(11) for coordinated P and 1.669(5) Å for quaternized P. The stronger bonding of the cationic ligand to the metal relative to that of the neutral species (CH3NPCH3)4Mo(CO)3, and the strengthening of the ring bonds in both molecules relative to (CH3NPCH3)4, are discussed in terms of d-orbital contraction.