“…In particular, oxodiperoxo molybdenum complexes bearing bidentate ligands, MoO(O 2 ) 2 (L-L), are known to be extremely useful catalysts in the epoxidation of olefins [ 7 , 8 , 9 ]. A variety of N , N -chelating ligands have been studied, including 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) [ 10 ], sulfonated bipyridines [ 11 , 12 ], substituted pyrazolylpyridines [ 8 , 9 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ], oxazolinylpyridines [ 17 ], and benzimidazolylpyridines [ 18 ]. The standard preparation of these complexes involves the treatment of the organic ligand with MoO 3 dissolved in H 2 O 2 (30%).…”