Mononuclear organomolybdenum(VI) dioxo complexes: Synthesis, reactivity, and catalytic applications

This review of metal oxides includes three sections: synthesis and reactivity, structural and spectroscopic characterization, and catalytic applications. Due to historical synthetic developments, the section regarding synthesis and reactivity is divided into two subsections. The first focuses on mononuclear organomolybdenum (VI) dioxo complexes with Mo-C σ bonds and the second on mononuclear organomolybdenum (VI) dioxo complexes with cyclopentadienyl ligands, a class of ligands, that can form Mo-C π or σ bonds that has been extensively studied for metal oxides and is estimated to be present in more than 80% of all known transition metal organometallic complexes.