K. Iijima, S. Shibata
Feb 1, 1975
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
The molecular structure of molybdenum oxide tetrachloride was determined to be a square pyramid by a sector-microphotometer method of gas electron diffraction. The following molecular parameters were obtained by a least-squares method: rg(Mo–Cl)=2.279±0.003 A, rg(Mo–O)=1.658±0.005 A, and rg(Cl···Cl(s))=3.142±0.008 A. The structure of gaseous MoOCl4 is similar to that of gaseous WOCl4. The infrared spectra of MoOCl4 were also measured in solutions.