IDENTIFICATION OF STEREOCHEMICAL (GEOMETRICAL) ISOMERS OF [Mo(CO)4(L)2] BY IR SPECTROSCOPY. INTRODUCTION Metal carbonyl complexes are of interest in inorganic chemistry as they are good starting materials for many low oxidation state compounds. They are very reactive and lose one or more CO ligands upon heating, photolysis, exposure to other radiation, partial oxidation etc. They react with Lewis bases to form closed shell compounds and can also form clusters. Phosphine complexes (as in this experiment) are also used in many catalytic […]
