Jared S. Silvia coauthored synthesis and structural characterization of a molybdenum tricarbonyl coordination complex with a cyclic trimetaphosphate ligand. The isolated material contains an organic counterion.
Crystallographic determination of ligand geometry establishes molecular connectivity, while isolation with a specified counterion establishes which salt was actually obtained. These are complementary experimental claims.[ref]
Synthesis and characterization of the trimetaphosphate molybdenum tricarbonyl anion [(P3O9)Mo(CO)3]3- as its tris(bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium) salt by Christopher R. Clough and others. Research topic and author attribution in the primary publication
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