1.Show how a Fischer carbene complex can be prepared starting from Mo(CO)6 . 2.How would you explain the experimental observations that the  SeF6 unit in Cs2[SeF6] is C2v and looks like six of the seven vertices of a  capped trigonal prism are occupied by F, but the  SeCl6 unit in Cs2[SeCl6] has Oh symmetry ?

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1.Show how a Fischer carbene complex can be prepared starting from Mo(CO)6 .

2.How would you explain the experimental observations that the  SeF6 unit in Cs2[SeF6] is C2v and looks like six of the seven vertices of a  capped trigonal prism are occupied by F, but the  SeCl6 unit in Cs2[SeCl6] has Oh symmetry ?

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