title: The crystal structure of a lyxose-bridged dimolybdate: a redetermination of the first monosaccharide-metal complex's structure.
abstract: The crystal structure of the first monosaccharide-metal complex ever reported, a beta-D-lyxofuranose-bridged dimolybdate [Taylor, G. E.; Waters, J. M. Tetrahedron Lett.1981, 22, 1277-1278] was re-determined since the original work shows unbalanced charges, and thus an unclear protonation state of the lyxose ligand. As a result, the complex was found to be a monoanion whose charge is balanced by an ammonium counterion. The lyxose O5 atom is non-deprotonated, and the carbohydrate ligand is trianionic due to deprotonation of the O1, O2 and O3 hydroxy functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Allscher
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klüfers
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000737:chemistry*; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010429:Pentoses / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009005:Monosaccharides; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010429:Pentoses; C044659:molybdate; C043333:lyxose; D008982:Molybdenum