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Molybdenum trioxide describes a family of inorganic compounds with the formula MoO 3 (H 2 O) n where n = 0, 1, 2. The anhydrous compound is produced on the largest scale of any molybdenum compound since it is the main intermediate produced when molybdenum ores are purified. The anhydrous oxide is a precursor to molybdenum metal, an important ...
Many molybdenum oxides are used as heterogeneous catalysts, e.g. for oxidations. Molybdic acid and its salts are used to make the Froehde reagent for the presumptive identification of alkaloids. References
HDO of biomass fast pyrolysis vapors under low hydrogen pressures have recently attracted a lot of attention. Bulk molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) was used as catalyst and found to completely deoxygenate cellulose, corn stover, and lignin pyrolysis vapors and produce a stream of hydrocarbons including aromatics, alkenes, and alkanes.
Heating ammonium orthomolybdate solid or treatment with acid gives molybdenum trioxide. Such reactions proceed via ammonium dimolybdate. This equilibrium is exploited in the purification of molybdenum from its ores. Aqueous solutions of ammonium orthomolybdate react with hydrogen sulfide to give ammonium tetrathiomolybdate:
Molybdenum oxide may refer to: Molybdenum(IV) oxide (molybdenum dioxide, MoO 2) Molybdenum(VI) oxide (molybdenum trioxide, MoO 3) Other stoichiometric binary molybdenum-oxygen compounds include Mo 8 O 23 [1] and Mo 17 O 47. [2]
Structure of the FeMoco active site of nitrogenase The molybdenum cofactor (pictured) is composed of a molybdenum-free organic complex called molybdopterin, which has bound an oxidized molybdenum(VI) atom through adjacent sulfur (or occasionally selenium) atoms. Except for the ancient nitrogenases, all known Mo-using enzymes use this cofactor.
ADM is an intermediate in the production of molybdenum compounds from its ores. Roasting typical ore produces crude molybdenum(VI) oxides, which can be extracted into aqueous ammonia, affording ammonium molybdate. Heating solutions of ammonium molybdate gives ADM. Upon heating, solid ammonium dimolybdate decomposes to molybdenum trioxide: [1]
The compound is most easily prepared by treatment molybdenum trioxide with concentrated hydrochloric acid: [2] MoO 3 + 2 HCl → MoO 2 Cl 2 + H 2 O. MoO 2 Cl 2 can also be prepared from MoOCl 4: [3] MoOCl 4 + O(Si(CH 3) 3) 2 → MoO 2 Cl 2 + 2 ClSi(CH 3) 3. It is also prepared by chlorination of molybdenum dioxide: [4] MoO 2 + Cl 2 → MoO 2 Cl 2