title: Missing link in the ligand-field photolysis of [Mo(CN)8]4-: synthesis, X-ray crystal structure, and physicochemical properties of [Mo(CN)6]2-.
abstract: Photoinduced dissociation of two Mo-CN bonds in [Mo(CN)8]4- affords the octahedral complex anion [Mo(CN)6]2-. This hexacyanomolybdate(IV) ion is also obtainable from tetracyanooxomolybdate via a thermal substitutional synthetic route. The anion represents the missing link in the ligand-field photolysis of octacyanomolybdate(IV); it is characterized by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and magnetic susceptibility measurements as well as IR, Raman, 1H and 13C NMR, and electronic spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland. szklarze@chemia.uj.edu.pl
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szklarzewicz
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matoga
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niezgoda
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikuriya