Molybdenum hexacarbonyl

Molybdenum compounds: molybdenum hexacarbonyl

The molybdenum in molybdenum hexacarbonyl formally is in the oxidation state 0.

Molybdenum hexacarbonyl

• Formula as often written: Mo(CO)₆
• Hill system formula: C₆Mo₁O₆
• CAS registry number: [13939-06-5]
• Formula weight: 264.001
• Class: carbonyl complex organometallic

Synonyms

• molybdenum hexacarbonyl
• molybdenum(O) carbonyl

Physical properties

• Colour: white
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 150°C (decomposes)
• Boiling point:
• Density: 1960 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in molybdenum hexacarbonyl

Element	%
C	27.30
Mo	36.34
O	36.36

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

• Geometry of molybdenum: 6 coordinate: octahedral
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Mo(CO)₆ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Mo₁C₆O₆

mass  %
260  59.3 ______________________________
261   4.1 __
262  37.8 ___________________
263  66.2 _________________________________
264  71.5 ____________________________________
265  43.7 ______________________
266 100.0 __________________________________________________
267   7.3 ____
268  39.9 ____________________
269   2.7 _
270   0.5 
271   0.0 

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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