Synthese und Kristallstruktur eines Triazido-nitrido-bipyridyl-Komplexes des Molybdäns(VI): MoN(N3)3(bipy) / Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Triazido Nitrido Bipyridyle Complex of Molybdenum(VI): MoN(N3)3(bipy)

Abstract

The reaction of MoCl₄(bipy) with an excess of (CH₃)₃SiN₃ in 1,2-dichloroethane results in the formation of a mixture of MoN(N₃)₃(bipy) and Mo(N₂)Cl₂(bipy). The latter is an insoluble, brownish compound of yet unknown structure. MoN(N₃)₃(bipy) is very soluble in 1,2-dichloroethane and easily hydrolysed. It can be crystallized from toluene in the form of explosive, red crystals of the space group P 2₁/n. The crystal structure is built up by monomeric complexes, in which the Mo atom has a distorted sixfold coordination. The three azido groups are located cis to the nitrido ligand, with their free electron pair at the α-N-atom pointing away from the closely neighbouring nitrido ligand. The bipyridine forms two bonds of quite different length (224,0 and 241,9 pm) with the Mo atom, as trans to the triply bounded nitrido ligand (Mo≡N = 164,2 pm) only a weak interaction is possible.