Molybdenum catalysis hydride complexes

An interesting series of molybdenum and tungsten hydride complexes with sterically hindered thiolate ligands has recently been established due to the interest in their possible relevance to hydrodesulfurization catalysis and to the active site of the enzyme nitrogenase. The complexes [MH(SAr)3(PMe2Ph)2l (M = Mo, W SAr = TIPT, TMT) were prepared as summarized in Eqs. (8) and (9). 

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