Crystal structure of aquadioxido-(2-{[(2-oxidoethyl)imino]methyl}phenol-ato-κ³O,N,O′)molybdenum(VI)

The mononuclear title complex, [Mo(C9H9NO2)O2(H2O)], contains an Mo(VI) atom in a distorted octahedral coordination sphere defined by an Mo=O and an Mo - (OH2) bond to the axial ligands and two Mo=O bonds to phenolate and alcoholate O atoms, another Mo=O bond and one Mo - N bond to the imino N atom in the equatorial plane. The five-membered metalla-ring shows an envelope conformation. In the crystal, individual molecules are connected into a layered arrangement parallel to (100) by means of O - H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the water molecule as a donor group and the O atoms of neighbouring complexes as acceptor atoms. These interactions lead to the formation of a three-dimensional network.