Trigonal-prismatic versus octahedral molecular structures in [CH3)nMX6-n]] compounds.
The molecular structures of [(CH3)5MoOCH3], [(CH3)4Mo(OCH3)2], [(CH3)5WCl], and [(CH3)3WCl(OCH3)2] are reported. The first three structures are based on trigonal-prismatic geometry, the last one on octahedral geometry.