“…The crystal structures of some bidentate phosphine derivatives of molybdenum(0) carbonyl, [bis(diphenylphosphino)methane]tetracarbonylmolybdenum(0), Mo(CO)a(dppm) (Cheung, Lai & Mok, 1971), [1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane]-tetracarbonylmolybdenum(0), Mo(CO)4(dppe) (Bernal, Reisner, Dobson & Dobson, 1986), bis [ 1,3-bis-(diphenylphosphino)propane]dicarbonylmolybdenum(0), Mo(CO)2(dppp)2 (Chow, Wang, Sheu & Peng, 1986), [1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)pro-pane]tetracarbonylmolybdenum(0), Mo(CO)4(dppp), and[ 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane]tetracarbonylmolybdenum(0), Mo(CO)4(dppb) (Ueng & Hwang, 1991), have been studied to elucidate the detailed three-dimensional architecture of the molecule, to study the chelate effect for the bidentate phosphine ligand, and to investigate the ring effect by tuning the number of the chelate ring. In order to make a comparison with other bidentate phosphine derivatives, especially with Mo(CO)4(dppe), and as part of a series of studies on bidentate phosphine derivatives of molybdenum carbonyl, the two cis-l,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylene derivatives, Mo(CO)a(cis-vpp) and Mo(CO)2(cis-vpp)2, were synthesized and the crystal structures determined.…”