Oxidomolybdenum(VI) complexes with aminoalcohol bis(phenolate) [O,N,O,O′] ligands: Synthesis and catalytic studies

Oxidomolybdenum(VI) complex [MoOCl(Ln)] with a tetradentate O3N-type aminoalcohol bis(phenol) was prepared as two separable isomers. These complexes can catalyse the epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene and sulphoxidation of tolyl methyl sulphide as well as the oxotransfer reaction between PPh3 and DMSO.