Methanoldioxido{1-[(2RS)-(2-oxidopropyl)iminomethyl]-2-naphtholato}molybdenium(VI)

Crystals of the title compound, [Mo(C14H13NO2)O2(CH4O)], were obtained by recrystallization from methanol. The MoVI atom is coordinated by two oxide O atoms and by two O atoms and one N atom of the tridentate 1-[(2-oxidopropyl)iminomethyl]-2-naphtholate Schiff base ligand. The coordination sphere is completed by the O atom of a methanol molecule, yielding a distorted octahedron. O—H...O hydrogen bonding yields centrosymmetric dimers