Crystal structure of (2,2'-bi-pyridine-κ2N,N')-trans-bis-(tert-butyl-dimethyl-sil-yloxy)-cis-dioxidomolybdenum(VI).

In the title compound, [( t BuSiMe2O)2MoO2(2,2'-bi-pyridine)] or [Mo(C6H15OSi)2O2(C10H8N2)], the MoVI atom has a distorted octa-hedral environment with the sil-oxy substituents occupying the trans positions. The complex contains a rare (R3SiO)2MO2 (M = Mo, W) structural motif and was formed in a reaction between sodium molybdate and tert-butyl-dimethyl-silyl chloride in the presence of 2,2-bi-pyridine. In the crystal, neighbouring mol-ecules are linked by C-H⋯O=Mo hydrogen bonds, forming chains propagating along the a-axis direction.