An Easy Route to Monofunctionalized Organoimido Derivatives of the Lindqvist Hexamolybdate

In the presence of a carbodiimide (DCC) a proton can dramatically speed up the reaction of α-[Mo8O26]4− with aromatic amines under mild conditions and convenient bench manipulations, which results in the easy synthesis of monofunctionalized organoimido derivatives of [Mo6O19]2− even bearing an electron-withdrawing group such as bromo or chloro groups. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)