Wiley, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 12(2003), p. 2264-2272, 2003
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Complexes [Cp*2Mo2O5] (Cp* = η5-C5Me5) and [Cp*2Mo2O4] were investigated by combined on-line electrochemical (EC) reduction and electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) techniques in a trifluoroacetic acid buffered water/methanol solution. The reduction products at the larger negative potentials are identical for both compounds. The studies reveal the existence of a wide range of previously unknown di- and trinuclear MoV, MoIV, MoIII, and mixed-valence complexes that were identified on the basis of their masses and characteristic isotope patterns. The structures of the initial compounds and the product of electroreduction with m/z = 713−729 were supported by in situ MSn experiments that allowed the elucidation of the fragmentation pathway for the collision-induced dissociation. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)