Synthesizing a Mo2 Quadruple-Bond Complex

Paddlewheel complexes are coordination compounds made from two transition metal ions held close together by four bridging ligands. The metals can come from the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd row of transition metals. The bridging ligands are most often formamidinates or carboxylates.

Changing the metal ion or ...

Paddlewheel complexes are a class of compounds comprised of two metal ions held in proximity to each other by four bridging ligands. Depending on their properties, paddlewheel complexes are used as catalysts or building blocks for metal-organic frameworks, also known as MOFs.

The M-M bonding in a paddlewheel complex affects the structure a...