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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Jun 23;132(24):8359–8371. doi: 10.1021/ja910369c

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

The ligand πAB+ orbitals of the (a) Mo tris-dithiolenes, and (b) the Mo(IV) bis-dithiolene. Note that this orbital for the Mo(VI)=O bis-dithiolene is similar to that of the Mo(IV) bis-dithiolene, but with one dithiolene plane rotated relative to the other.