“…1,10-Phenanthroline (≥99%), was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and was used as received. 1,4-Di-tert-butyl-1,3-diazabutadiene ( tBu DADH), [67] 1,4-di-isopropyl-2,3dimethyl-1,3-diazabutadiene ( iPr DAD Me ), [68] 1,4-bis(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-1,3-diazabutadiene ( xyl DAD H ), [69] 1,4-dicyclopentyl-1,3-diazabutadiene ( cPe DAD H ), [70] tert-butyl(pyridine-2-yl-methyleneamine) (impy), [71] 2-(N,Ndimethylamino-methylpyridine (dmampy), [72] 1-(tert-butylimino)-N,N,2trimethylpropan-2-amine (imtmpa), [45] 2,5-dimethylhexane-2,5-diamine, [73] ( t BuN)2MoCl2•dme (1a), [34,35] ( t PeN)2MoCl2•dme (1b), [48] (NCMe2(CH2)2CMe2N)MoCl2•dme (1c), [49] (AdN)2MoCl2•dme (1d), [50] MoO2Cl2•dme, [74] MoO2Cl2•( tBu DAD H ), [38] ( t BuN)MoOCl2•dme, [75] ( t BuN)2MoCl2•tmeda (2a), [33] ( t BuN)2MoCl2•bpy (3a), [33] and (xylN)2MoCl2•dme [34] were all prepared following known methods, which are also described in the SI. All solvents (ACS reagent-grade) were Scheme 8.…”