Research Article

Assignment of O–O and Mo=O Stretching Frequencies of Molybdenum/Tungsten Complexes Revisited

Table 5

Mo=O and O–O stretching, and Cp’s C–H OOP bending frequencies for .

/cm−1/cm−1/cm−1Mo=O[a]O–O[a]

M06L976.99967.879.121.6851.427
M061028.871044.62−15.751.6691.404
M06-2X1084.301065.5718.731.6561.409
Expt.952.7[b]1.6891.440

[a]Bond lengths are taken from the work of Hauser et al. [38]. [b]From the work of Hauser et al. [39], no assignment was made by them. We believe that Mo=O and O–O band may not be resolved, as the next strong band is at 891 cm−1.