Die Kristallstruktur von PPh4[MoOCl4(OCHNMe2)] / The Crystal Structure of PPh4[MoOCl4(OCHNMe2)]
Green crystals of the title compound are formed in the reaction of (PPh4)2 [Mo2(O2C -Ph)4Cl2] ·2 CH2Cl2 with dimethyl formamide/carbon tetrachloride in the presence of water. According to the structural investigations by X-ray methods PPh4[MoCl4(O CHNMe2)] crystallizes orthorhombically in the space group C2221 with four formula units per unit cell (3132 observed, independent reflexions, R - 0.068). The cell dimensions are a = 792.1 pm, b = 1656.8 pm, c = 2211.3 pm. The structure consists of PPh4⊕ cations and anions [MoOCl4(OCHNMe2)]⊖, in which the coordination sphere of the molybdenum atom is of distorted octahedral geometry. The ligands are four equatorial chlorine atoms, one terminal O atom (Mo = O 165 pm) and the O atom of the dimethyl formamide molecule (MoO 232 pm). The IR spectrum is reported