cis-[Mo(CO)4{ethyl[3-(2-pyridyl)-1-pyrazolyl]acetate}].pdfVIP

Molecules 2006, 11, 940-952 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 Full Paper Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Molybdenum and Tungsten Tetracarbonyl Complexes with a Pyrazolylpyridine Ligand. Crystal structure of cis-[Mo(CO)4 {ethyl[3-(2-pyridyl)-1- pyrazolyl]acetate}] 1 1 2 1 Ana C. Coelho , Filipe A. Almeida Paz , Jacek Klinowski , Martyn Pillinger and Isabel S. Gonçalves 1,* 1 Department of Chemistry, CICECO, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal 2 Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, United Kingdom; E-mail: jk18@cam.ac.uk * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: igoncalves@dq.ua.pt Received: 17 November 2006; in revised form: 4 December 2006 / Accepted: 5 December 2006 / Published: 6 December 2006 Abstract: We report the one-step syntheses in good yields of the complexes cis- [M(CO)4(pzpy)] {M = Mo, W; pzpy = ethyl[3-(2-pyridyl)-1-pyrazolyl]acetate} directly from the corresponding M(CO)6 starting materials by using microwave-assisted heating and reaction times of either 30 s (M = Mo) or 15 min (M = W). The structure of the molybdenum tetracarbonyl complex was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound is monomeric and the molybdenum atom has a highly distorted octahedral geometry. The close packing of the individual cis-[Mo(CO)4(pzpy)] species is essentially driven by the need to fill the space effectively, closely mediated by weak C–H···O and π···π interactions. Keywords: