Molybdenum tetrachloride bis(diethyl ether)
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Date: 14/08/2013

Synthesis of MoCl4(OEt2)2. In this episode, the conversion is illustrated of commercially available MoCl5 to MoCl4(OEt2)2 using tin shot as the reducing agent. The preparation is carried out by Dr. John J. Curley in the Cummins laboratory at MIT. The procedure is a modification of one reported originally by Poli et al.: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 2699-2703.