The first examples of benzidinium cations templated low-dimensional molybdates

Hydrothermal treatment of aqueous molybdate solution in the presence of benzidine resulted in the formation of two novel molybdates: one-dimensional chains [H2NC12H8NH3]2Mo2O7, 1 and two-dimensional step-wise layered molybdate [H2NC12H8NH3]2Mo5O16, 2.