pH-controlled assembly of hybrid architectures based on Anderson-type polyoxometalates and silver coordination units

Dalton Trans. 2014 Feb 14;43(6):2488-98. doi: 10.1039/c3dt52987h. Epub 2013 Dec 5.

Abstract

Three new architectures based on Anderson-type polyoxometalates, (3-H2pya)[(3-Hpya)2Ag][AgAlMo6H6O24]·3H2O 1, HNa2[(3-pya)(3-Hpya)Ag]2[AlMo6H6O24]·8H2O 2 and [(3-Hpya)2Ag][(H2O)2Ag]2[AlMo6H6O24]·2H2O 3 (3-Hpya = 3-(3-pyridyl)acrylic acid), have been synthesized at the different pH values and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, TG analysis, powder X-ray diffraction and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 1 was obtained at lower pH value (2.50), and represents a 3D host-guest compound containing the Ag-3-Hpya coordination complex guest and the 3D [AgAlMo6H6O24](2-) host. The host framework exhibits a 4-connected diamond topology, and is constructed from [AlMo6H6O24](3-) clusters connected by Ag(+) cations. When the pH value was increased slightly, compound 2 was obtained with a 1D chain structure built up of Anderson polyoxoanions, Ag-3-Hpya coordination complexes and binuclear sodium clusters. By further increasing the pH value (3.50), compound 3 was isolated as a 2D network in which [AlMo6H6O24](3-) clusters are linked together by Ag(+) cations and Ag-3-Hpya coordination complexes. Their structural differences reveal that the pH value of the reaction system is the key factor influencing the structure and topology of three compounds. The UV-visible-NIR diffuse reflectivity spectra of 1-3 show that they can be regarded as a wide gap semiconductor. Furthermore, the pyrolysis of 1-3 produces three nanocomposites 1'-3' composed of silver microparticles dispersed in the metal oxides. The photocatalytic properties of 1'-3' have been investigated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Coloring Agents / chemistry
  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Photochemical Processes
  • Rhodamines / chemistry
  • Silver / chemistry*
  • Tungsten Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Coloring Agents
  • Coordination Complexes
  • Rhodamines
  • Tungsten Compounds
  • polyoxometalate I
  • Silver
  • rhodamine B