Mixed-valent dodecanuclear vanadium cluster encapsulating chloride anions and its reaction to form a "bowl"-shaped cluster

Inorg Chem. 2008 May 5;47(9):3492-4. doi: 10.1021/ic800013f. Epub 2008 Apr 2.

Abstract

Two oxovanadium phosphonate cage compounds have been synthesized in an organic solvent, and their characterization has been done by single-crystal X-ray analysis, IR spectroscopy, and bond valence sum calculations. The simple reaction of a mixed-valent closed V12 cage system produced another quasi-closed system composed of two V6 bowl-type cages.