What is Molybdenum Acetate?

Answer 1

Molybdenum(II) Acetate is a diamagnetic, yellow crystalline solid has a structural formula of Mo2(OOCMe)4. It comprised of a Mo-Mo metal bond, with the 4 acetate groups acting as bridging groups between each of the metal centres.
The Mo-Mo bond is a quadruple bond, with 1*sigma, 2*pi and 1*delta bonding orbitals filled by electrons.
It typically occurs in the eclipsed conformation, to accommodate for the bridging groups.


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References:
N. N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw, in Chemistry of the Elements, Reed, Oxford, 2nd ed., 1997, ch. 23, pp. 1032-1033.

Answer 2

Molybdenum acetate is a chemical compound composed of molybdenum and acetate ions. It is often used as a catalyst in organic synthesis reactions, particularly in olefin metathesis processes. Molybdenum acetate can help facilitate various carbon-carbon bond forming reactions.