Ionic liquid mediated preparation and X-ray crystal structure of 21,O2)2>

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF01247239

The complex salt, <1-MeimH>2, 1, (1-Meim=1-methylimidazole, sal=o-C6H4(O^-)(COO^-)) has been prepared by reacting Mo(CO)6 with molten 1-methyl imidazolium salicylate <1-MeimH>, and the structure of 1 has been determined by single crystal X-ray crystallography: triclinic, P<*>, a=9.220(2), b=9.469(3), c=15.368(4) Angstroem, α=105.04(4), β=99.48(3), γ=109.48(3) deg, Z=2, D_calc=1.60 g/cm. 2809 reflections with I > 2.5?(I) gave a final values of R=0.031 and R_w=0.041.