A new Mo(iv) complex with the pentadentate (N3O2) Schiff-base ligand: the first non-cyanide pentagonal–bipyramidal paramagnetic 4d complex†
Abstract
A heptacoordinate complex [MoIV(DAPBH)Cl2] (H2DAPBH is 1,1′-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bis(ethan-1-yl-1-ylidene)dibenzohydrazine) has been synthesized and characterized structurally and magnetically. It exhibits a slightly distorted pentagonal bipyramidal geometry and reveals paramagnetic behaviour resulting from two unpaired electrons (S = 1) with large positive zero-field splitting (D = +50 cm−1) and pronounced temperature-independent paramagnetism.