Abstract
This manuscript reports the synthesis, characterization, chemical, and electrochemical studies of several oxomolybdenum (IV) complexes of tridentate ONS donor ligands obtained by the condensation of 2-hydroxyacetophenone with S-benzyl and S-methyl dithiocarbazates. The complexes are of the forms [MoIVOL] and [MoIVOL(N–N)], where N–N = 2,2′-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline, derived from the corresponding [MoO2L] complexes through oxo abstraction by triphenylphosphine in the absence/presence of N–N bidentate donors. Electrochemical behavior of these complexes have been investigated for insight into the redox behavior of the Mo(IV) centers of these complexes.