Peter Müller coauthored crystallographic characterization of a trimetaphosphate-bound molybdenum tricarbonyl anion. The structure establishes facial oxygen coordination of the phosphate ligand.
The result shows how a cyclic oxyanion can act as a multidentate ligand. Counterion identity and coordination geometry remain distinct parts of the characterization.[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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