Tripyridinium cis-tetrachloridodioxidomolybdate(VI) chloride

Abstract

In the title compound, (C5H6N)3[MoCl4O2]Cl, the pyridinium cations are N—H...Cl hydrogen bonded to the anionic [MoCl4O2]2− complexes and to the two crystallographically independent chloride anions (located on C2 axes). The Mo6+ centre adopts a highly distorted octahedral geometry, being surrounded by four chloride and two terminal oxide groups. The oxide ligands are mutually cis.