Chiral cis-dioxidomolybdenum(VI) complexes with Schiff bases possessing two alkoxide groups: Synthesis, structure, spectroscopic studies and their catalytic activity in sulfoxidation and epoxidation

New chiral mononuclear cis-dioxidomolybdenum(VI) complexes, [MoO2(HL1-9)] and [MoO2(HL10)(CH3OH)], have been synthesized by the reaction of MoO2(acac)2 with tetradentate Schiff bases derived from various substituted salicylaldehydes and R(+)-3-amino-1,2-propanediol. All complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, circular dichroism, electronic, IR and NMR (1H, 13C) spectroscopy. The molecular and crystal structure of...