The monomer-dimer equilibration of molybdenurn(vi) in 0.2--3.0~ perchloric acid solutions, / = 3 O M (LiCIOJ, has been studied at 25 "C. Spectrophotometric measurements are consistent with the presence of a monomeric species, [HMoO,] +, and dimeric species, [HzMo20a]2+ and [H,Mo2O,'J3+, in agreement with previous work by Krumenacker. Evidence for the further monomeric species [ H2M00,12+ has been obtained. Kinetic studies using the temperature-jump technique indicate a major pathway (i) for equilibration, with rate constant k, = Chemistry, The University, Leeds LS2 9JT(1.71 f 0.10) x lo5 I mol-l s-l and k-, = (3.20 f 0.20) x lo3 s -l . The equilibration (ii). appears to con-tribute to a small extent with k, = (0.3 f 0.3) x los I mol-l s-l and k-2 = (30 f 20) s-l. (ii) ONE of the most interesting features of the chemistry even in >Lini-acid solutions), and examples with molybof molybdenum is the prevalence of dimeric species. denum-(11) and -(Iv) are now well established. .Those of molybdenum(v) are extensive (and present Monomeric and dimeric forms of molybdenum(Ir1) have 1 See for example, P. C . H. Mitchell, Co-ordination Chem. Rev., been identified,4 while molybdenum(v1) is known t o 1966, 1, 316.