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The crystal structure of triiodo (η5-methoxycarbonyl-cyclopentadienyl)-dicarbonylmolybdenum(IV)

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Crystals of (C5H4COOMe)Mo(CO)2I3 are monoclinic, space-group P21/c, with a = 9.402(2), b = 10.675(3), c = 15.314(2) Å, β = 106.79(1)°, and Z = 4. The coordination geometry is distorted octahedral with the ring centroid at one vertex and the iodide ligands defining a face.

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Covert, K.J., Keana, K., Tyler, D.R. et al. The crystal structure of triiodo (η5-methoxycarbonyl-cyclopentadienyl)-dicarbonylmolybdenum(IV). Journal of Chemical Crystallography 28, 767–769 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021868612680

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