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Pentamethylmolybdenum
Pentamethylmolybdenum is an organomolybdenum compound containing five methyl groups bound to a central molybdenum atom. The shape of the molecule is a square pyramid. The molecule is similar to pentamethyltungsten in shape and properties. Production Pentamethylmolybdenum can be prepared from molybdenum pentachloride and dimethyl zinc at low temperature between −70 and −20. Another possible creation route, is from molybdenum oxychloride. Pentamethylmolybdenum is paramagnetic with one unpaired electron. The character of this electron is two thirds 4dz2 and one third 4dx2−y2. Properties Pentamethylmolybdenum is unstable and sensitive to oxygen. It turns black when exposed to air, or heated over −10°C. The Raman spectrum Raman spectroscopy () (named after Indian physicist C. V. Raman) is a spectroscopic technique typically used to determine vibrational modes of molecules, although rotational and other low-frequency modes of systems may also be observed. Raman s ... ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organomolybdenum Compounds
Organomolybdenum chemistry is the chemistry of chemical compounds with Mo-C bonds. The heavier group 6 elements molybdenum and tungsten form organometallic compounds similar to those in organochromium chemistry but higher oxidation states tend to be more common. Mo(0) and more reduced states Molybdenum hexacarbonyl is the precursor to many substituted derivatives. It reacts with organolithium reagents to give anionic acyls which can be O-alkylated to give Fischer carbenes. 144px, Structure of (mesitylene)molybdenum tricarbonyl. Mo(CO)6 reacts with arenes to give piano-stool complexes such as (mesitylene)molybdenum tricarbonyl. Cycloheptatrienemolybdenum tricarbonyl, which is related to (arene)Mo(CO)3, reacts with trityl salts to give the cycloheptatrienyl complex: :(C7H8)Mo(CO)3 + (C6H5)3C+ → C7H7)Mo(CO)3sup>+ + (C6H5)3CH file:CHTMo(CO)3.png, 144px, Structure of Cycloheptatrienemolybdenum tricarbonyl. Reduction of Mo(CO)6 gives [Mo(CO)5]2− which is formally Mo( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentamethylarsenic
Pentamethylarsenic (or pentamethylarsorane)is an organometalllic compound containing five methyl groups bound to an arsenic atom with formula As(CH3)5. It is an example of a hypervalent compound. The molecular shape is trigonal bipyramid. History The first claim to make pentamethylarsenic was in 1862 in a reaction of tetramethylarsonium iodide with dimethylzinc by A. Cahours. For many years all the reproductions of this proved fruitless, so the production proved not to be genuine. It was actually discovered by Karl-Heinz Mitschke and Hubert Schmidbaur in 1973. Production Trimethylarsine is chlorinated to trimethylarsine dichloride, which then reacts with methyl lithium to yield pentamethylarsenic. :As(CH3)3 + Cl2 → As(CH3)3Cl2 :As(CH3)3Cl2 + 2LiCH3 → As(CH3)5 + 2LiCl Side products include As(CH3)4Cl and As(CH3)3=CH2. Pentamethylarsenic is not produced by biological organisms. Properties Pentamethylarsenic smells the same as pentamethylantimony, but is otherwise unique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentamethylbismuth
Pentamethylbismuth (or pentamethylbismuthorane) is an organometalllic compound containing five methyl groups bound to a bismuth atom with formula Bi(CH3)5. It is an example of a hypervalent compound. The molecular shape is trigonal bipyramid. Production Pentamethylbismuth is produced in a two step process. First, trimethylbismuth is reacted with sulfuryl chloride to yield dichloro trimethylbismuth, which is then reacted with two equivalents of methyllithium dissolved in ether. The blue solution is cooled to −110 °C to precipitate the solid product. :Bi(CH3)3 + SO2Cl2 → Bi(CH3)3Cl2 + SO2 :Bi(CH3)3Cl2 + 2LiCH3 → Bi(CH3)5 + 2LiCl Properties At -110 °C, Bi(CH3)5 is a blue-violet solid. The methyl groups are arranged in a trigonal bipyramid, and the bond-lengths of methyl with bismuth are all the same. However, the molecule is not rigid, as can be determined from the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum that shows all methyl groups are equivalent. It is stable as a solid, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentamethylantimony
Pentamethylantimony or pentamethylstiborane is an organometalllic compound containing five methyl groups bound to an antimony atom with formula Sb(CH3)5. It is an example of a hypervalent compound. The molecular shape is trigonal bipyramid. Some other antimony(V) organometallic compounds include pentapropynylantimony (Sb(CCCH3)5) and pentaphenyl antimony (Sb(C6H5)5). Other known pentamethyl-pnictides include pentamethylbismuth and pentamethylarsenic. Production Pentamethylantimony can be made by reacting Sb(CH3)3Br2 with two equivalents of methyl lithium. Another production route is to convert trimethylstibine to the trimethyl antimony dichloride, and then replace the chlorine with methyl groups with methyl lithium. :Sb(CH3)3 + Cl2 → Sb(CH3)3Cl2 :Sb(CH3)3Cl2 + 2LiCH3 → Sb(CH3)5 + 2LiCl Properties Pentamethylantimony is colourless. At -143 °C it crystallizes in the orthorhombic system with space group ''Ccmm''. Unit cell dimensions are a=6.630 Å b=11.004 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentamethyltantalum
Pentamethyltantalum is a homoleptic organotantalum compound. It has a propensity to explode when it is melted. Its discovery was part of a sequence that lead to Richard R. Schrock's Nobel Prize discovery in olefin metathesis. Production Pentamethyltantalum can be made from the reaction of methyllithium with Ta(CH3)3Cl2. Ta(CH3)3Cl2 is in turn made from tantalum pentachloride and dimethylzinc. The preparation was inspired by the existence of pentaalkyl compounds of phosphorus and arsenic, and the discovery of hexamethyltungsten. The discoverer, Richard R. Schrock considered tantalum to be a metallic phosphorus, and tried the use of methyllithium. Properties The pentamethyltantalum adopts a square pyramid shape. Ignoring the C-H bonds, the molecule has ''C''4v symmetry. The four carbon atoms at the base of the pyramid are called basal, and the carbon atom at the top is called apical or apex. The distance from tantalum to the apical carbon atom is 2.11 Å, and to the basal car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methyl Group
In organic chemistry, a methyl group is an alkyl derived from methane, containing one carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms, having chemical formula . In formulas, the group is often abbreviated as Me. This hydrocarbon group occurs in many organic compounds. It is a very stable group in most molecules. While the methyl group is usually part of a larger molecule, bounded to the rest of the molecule by a single covalent bond (), it can be found on its own in any of three forms: methanide anion (), methylium cation () or methyl radical (). The anion has eight valence electrons, the radical seven and the cation six. All three forms are highly reactive and rarely observed. Methyl cation, anion, and radical Methyl cation The methylium cation () exists in the gas phase, but is otherwise not encountered. Some compounds are considered to be sources of the cation, and this simplification is used pervasively in organic chemistry. For example, protonation of methanol gives an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molybdenum
Molybdenum is a chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42 which is located in period 5 and group 6. The name is from Neo-Latin ''molybdaenum'', which is based on Ancient Greek ', meaning lead, since its ores were confused with lead ores. Molybdenum minerals have been known throughout history, but the element was discovered (in the sense of differentiating it as a new entity from the mineral salts of other metals) in 1778 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. The metal was first isolated in 1781 by Peter Jacob Hjelm. Molybdenum does not occur naturally as a free metal on Earth; it is found only in various oxidation states in minerals. The free element, a silvery metal with a grey cast, has the sixth-highest melting point of any element. It readily forms hard, stable carbides in alloys, and for this reason most of the world production of the element (about 80%) is used in steel alloys, including high-strength alloys and superalloys. Most molybdenum compounds have low so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Square Pyramidal Molecular Geometry
In molecular geometry, square pyramidal geometry describes the shape of certain compounds with the formula where L is a ligand. If the ligand atoms were connected, the resulting shape would be that of a pyramid with a square base. The point group symmetry involved is of type C4v. The geometry is common for certain main group compounds that have a stereochemically-active lone pair, as described by VSEPR theory. Certain compounds crystallize in both the trigonal bipyramidal and the square pyramidal structures, notably . As a transition state in Berry pseudorotation As a trigonal bipyramidal molecule undergoes Berry pseudorotation, it proceeds via an intermediary stage with the square pyramidal geometry. Thus even though the geometry is rarely seen as the ground state, it is accessed by a low energy distortion from a trigonal bipyramid. Pseudorotation also occurs in square pyramidal molecules. Molecules with this geometry, as opposed to trigonal bipyramidal, exhibit he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molybdenum Pentachloride
Molybdenum(V) chloride is the inorganic compound with the empirical formula . This dark volatile solid is used in research to prepare other molybdenum compounds. It is moisture-sensitive and soluble in chlorinated solvents. Structure Usually called molybdenum pentachloride, it is in fact partly a dimer with the molecular formula . In the dimer, each molybdenum has local octahedral symmetry and two chlorides bridge between the molybdenum centers. A similar structure is also found for the pentachlorides of W, Nb and Ta. In the gas phase and partly in solution, the dimers partially dissociate to give a monomeric . The monomer is paramagnetic, with one unpaired electron per Mo center, reflecting the fact that the formal oxidation state is +5, leaving one valence electron on the metal center. Preparation and properties is prepared by chlorination of Mo metal but also chlorination of . The unstable hexachloride is not produced in this way. is reduced by acetonitrile to afford an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
