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A series of the complexes of the general formula [ClMo(CO)2(η
3-C3H5)(P-P)], [where (P-P) = (m-CH3C6H4)2P(CH2)2PPh2 (m-t-dppe); cis-Ph2PCH=CHPPh2 (cis-diphos); Ph2PCH2CH2AsPh2 (arsaphos); Ph2P(CH2)4PPh2 (dppb); (±)-1,2-C6H4(PMePh)2 (rac-diphos); (2R,3R)Ph2PC*H(Me)C*H(Me)PPh2 (+)-chiraphos; (R,R)-Me2C(O)2{C*HCH2PPh2}2 (-)-diop] were synthesised by the reaction of the precursor complex [ClMo(CO)2(η
3-C3H5)(CH3CN)2] with the corresponding ditertiary phosphine in acetone. The complexes were isolated as yellow to orange air-stable solids and characterised by elemental analyses, FTIR and multinuclear NMR [1H, 31P{1H}] spectroscopic techniques. The carbonyl force constant values were calculated by Cotton and Kraihanzel approximate secular equations using ν
C≡O stretching frequencies observed in the FTIR and these were found to be 14.30–14.59 mdyne 0-A−1 and 0.23–0.70 mdyne Å−1 for K1 and Ki respectively. Spectroscopic evidences have confirmed cis-octahedral structures for the synthesized complexes.