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Synthesis and crystal structure of the thiophene-3-acetonitrile complex fac-[Mo(CO)3{NCCH2(C4 H 3S-3)}3]

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Reaction of fac-[Mo(CO)3(NCMe)3] with three equivalents of NCCH2(C4 H 3S-3) in acetonitrile gives the tris(thiophene-3-acetonitrile) complex, fac-[Mo(CO)3{NCCH2(C4H3S-3)}3] (1) in 7% yield. Complex 1 crystallizes out in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with a = 12.714(17), b = 16.41(2), c = 11.304(16) Å, Z = 4. The structure has crystallographic m symmetry and the metal is in an almost perfect octahedral environment, with a facial arrangement of carbonyl and thiophene-3-acetonitrile groups. The thiophene rings are disordered.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom

    Paul K. Baker, Margaret M. Meehan & Emma E. Parker

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AD, United Kingdom

    Michael G.B. Drew

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Baker, P.K., Drew, M.G., Meehan, M.M. et al. Synthesis and crystal structure of the thiophene-3-acetonitrile complex fac-[Mo(CO)3{NCCH2(C4 H 3S-3)}3]. Journal of Chemical Crystallography 33, 669–672 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025385307948

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