Density functional calculations and Raman spectroscopic data were correlated with the unique catalytic epoxidation activity of peroxomolybdenum complexes [MoO(O 2 ) 2 (O-ER 3 )] (E N, P, As; R n-dodecyl) in a biphasic chloroform ± 1-octene/aqueous hydrogen peroxide system. Crystal structure determinations on [MoO(O 2 ) 2 (OPtBu 3 )(OCMe 2 )] and two complexes containing chelating hemilabile ether ± phosphane oxide and ether ± arsane oxide ligands [MoO(O 2 ) 2 -{iPr 2 E(O)CH 2 CH 2 OCH 3 }] (E P, As) are reported. A mechanistic study with these model complexes reveals the importance of free coordination sites for peroxide activation. Calculations and Raman spectroscopic data indicate the tendency of coordinatively unsaturated species [MoO(O 2 ) 2 (L)] to dimerize in noncoordinating solvents. The catalytic activity in the presence of water as competing ligand could be correlated with the calculated proton affinity of the ligands OER 3 (R N, P, As). Elucidation of the vibrational behavior of the structurally characterized peroxo complexes was supported by normal-coordinate analyses.

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There is, of course, a disadvantage because of the slightly increasing measurement time since the number of active elements on the multichannel detector is reduced. However, a combination of measurements with small middle slits in the low-frequency Raman region and middle or even wide slit width in the higher-frequency Raman region combined with the use of the full detector size can yield complete Raman spectra in much shorter times than is possible by means of single-channel detection. Appropriate slit setting could be made computer-controlled during a scanning multichannel measurement.