Research Article

Assignment of O–O and Mo=O Stretching Frequencies of Molybdenum/Tungsten Complexes Revisited

Table 7

Mo=O stretching and Cp’s C–H OOP bending frequencies for 2.

/cm−1/cm−1/cm−1

M06L/def2-TZVP946.29973.9227.63
M06/def2-TZVP982.011013.7831.77
M06-2X/def2-TZVP1017.38[a]1059.88[a]42.5
PBE0/def2-TZVP996.751027.5430.79
B3LYP/def2-TZVP975.301004.3529.05
CAM-B3LYP/def2-TZVP1006.551042.9636.41
B3PW91/def2-TZVP985.681015.3629.68
wB97xD/def2-TZVP1006.621044.6238
MP2/def2-SVP928.80899.36−28.64
MP2/def2-SVPD903.11884.42−18.69
MP2/def2-TZVP923.48903.53−19.95
Experimental[b]918887−31

[a]Tight convergence criteria and ultrafine integration grid were used due to a low imaginary frequency when optimized with default setting. [b]Assignment based on the work of Legzdins et al.; see [29].