A New Series of Biologically Potent cis-Dioxomolybdenum(VI) Complexes of Fluoroimines

The modern physico-chemical, spectroscopic and biochemical methods have proved an important tool to elucidate the constitution of reactive transition metal compounds. This article presents a brief account of the synthesis and stereochemistry of dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes of fluoroimines. The mononuclear complexes were obtained by bimolar reactions of dioxobis(2,4-pentanediona-to-O,O')molybdenum(VI) with the monobasic bidentate fluoroimines containing N boolean AND S and N boolean AND O as the binding sites. Based on chemical analyses, IR and NMR spectra, conductance measurements and molecular weight determinations an octahedral geometry has been assigned to the newly synthesized products. The possibility of potential uses of these complexes as fungicides and bactericides, studied in vitro are also discussed.