| Abstract: | Molecular structure of molybdenum tetrabromide has been studied by electron diffractometry. The geometrical configuration of MoBr
4
has been shown to be of C
2v symmetry. The following values of structural parameters have been obtained: Rg(MoBr
1
)=233.9(6) pm, Rg(MoBr
2
)=244.5(6) pm,  (Br
1
MoBr
2
)=106(1)o, and  (Br
2
MoBr
3
)=86(2)o. The frequency values of the vibrational spectrum have been estimated.Institute of High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 47–50, May–June 1993.Translated by L. Smolina |
