Molybdenum dithiocarbamates, oxidation states

Molybdenum dithiocarbamates are reported with the metal in the oxidation states + 2,... 

Oxidation of the Mo 2 fragment is also induced by reacting Mo2(02CCH3)4 with [NR,] [J CN H.,)2] as is discussed in Section III.D.2. Oxidative addition across one of the dithiocarbamate C-S linkages leads to an oxidation state of 4+ for the molybdenum atoms in the resultant sulfur-bridged dimer (216, 217). 

Transition metal dithiocarbamate complexes were probably first prepared in 1907 by Delepine (2) and over the following century, dithiocarbamate complexes of all the transition elements have been prepared and in a wide range of different oxidation states (Table 1). Perhaps most impressive is their ability to stabilize molybdenum in seven oxidation states ranging from - -6 to 0 (Fig. 24). 

A selection of molybdenum dithiocarbamate complexes in oxidation states +5... 

The chemistry of molybdenum dithiocarbamate complexes has come a long way since the early work of Malatesta (767), and between 1978 and 2003 there were over 300 publications in this area, accessible oxidation states ranging from 0 to +6. 

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