A M Buddhika Chandima, P A S N P Jayawardena, Teodore J Melnyczuk-Gould, Cassandra L Ward, Stanislav Gelman-Tropp, Dmitri Gelman, Richard L Lord, Stanislav Groysman
Mo-Cu CODH catalyzes cooperative bimetallic activation of CO and isocyanides, with Cu(I) likely activating the substrate toward nucleophilic attack by Mo(VI)-oxo. We report a synthetic heterobimetallic Cu(I)-Mo(VI) functional model, in which Cu(I) activates xylyl isocyanide, whereas (Et4N)2[MoO4]·2H2O carries out its oxidation to yield 2,6-dimethylaniline and metal-bound carbonate.