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On the formation of multiple Mo-Mo bonded units in highly viscous matrix of declustered ions

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Theoretically predicted but experimentally always elusive Mo +2 dimers were sputtered by FAB Cs+ beam from a highly electrostricted ionic matrix and observed in its free form. Concentrated solutions of electrolysed MoO3 trioxide in aqueous hydrochloric acid constitute a useful source, of not particularly stable, Mo2Cl 3−9 ions. Caged Mo2Cl 3−9 species in glassy viscous hydrochloride solutions were declustered within a temperature spike over 3000 K by fast atom impacts from surrounding matrix phase explosion beyond the spinodal line. Numerically precomputed m/z mass spectra collimate with observed and highly resolved lines in natural isotopic distribution amplitudes of survived Mo +2 species.

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    Boris Udovic

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Udovic, B. On the formation of multiple Mo-Mo bonded units in highly viscous matrix of declustered ions. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.) 110, 471–478 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02871279

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