Hexacarbonylmolybdenum is widely utilized in electron beam-induced deposition technique providing an appropriate source of molybdenum atoms. It finds an application as important reagent in organometallic synthesis because of replacement of carbonyl ligands by other donor ligands. Its derivative is act as a catalyst in organic synthesis, which is used in alkyne metathesis and the Pauson-Khand reaction.

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