Syntheses and ligating properties of molybdocene alkoxides-the first heterodimetallic alkoxide containing molybdenum and bismuth.

Fluorinated alkoxide ligands RO(-) (R=CH(CF3 )2 ) are the key to the isolation of compounds of the type [Cp2 Mo(OR)2 ]. When electron-donating groups R are employed, the Mo(OR)2 moiety can, and necessarily has to, serve as a ligand for Lewis acidic fragments, allowing the isolation and structural characterization of the first heterodimetallic alkoxide containing a Bi and a Mo center (1).