Molybdenum oxytetrachloride

Molybdenum oxytetrachloride is the inorganic compound with the formula MoOCl4.

This thermally unstable, dark green solid is used to prepare other complexes of molybdenum.

It adopts a square pyramidal structure of C4v symmetry.

As for other Mo(VI) compounds, it is diamagnetic.

It is prepared by treating molybdenum pentachloride with oxygen.