mer-[2'-(2-Benzoyl-1-methylethylidene)-1-napthtohydrazido(2-)](methanol)-cis-dioxo-molybdenum(VI)

Abstract

In the molecule of the title compound, [MoO2(L)(CH3-OH)] [L is the dianion of 2'-(2-benzoyl-1-methylethylidene)-1-naphthohydrazide, C21H16N2O2], the Mo atom displays distorted octahedral coordination geometry, being coordinated by two mutually cis oxo ligands, the methanol O atom and the tridentate ligand L bonded through the azomethine N atom, the enolic O atom and the oxazine O atom (equatorially disposed). The packing in the crystal structure involves a hydrogen bond from the methanol OH as donor to an oxo ligand as acceptor.