Comment on: "Synthesis of dodecamolybdoantimonate(v) salts containing the Keggin structure" by Raj P. Singh, Radheshyam P. Khatri, Jean Dubois, Sushma S. Gaur and Mitsuo Abe, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1990, 947-951

Dalton Trans. 2018 Nov 21;47(43):15613-15615. doi: 10.1039/c8dt00712h. Epub 2018 Apr 18.

Abstract

The existence of a dodecamolybdoantimonate(v) anion with the Keggin structure would be a highlight of the heteropolyoxometalate chemistry as a whole. However, we could not confirm the existence of ammonium, potassium, rubidium and cesium dodecamolybdoantimonate as claimed by the authors. As a matter of fact, the authors misinterpreted their presented experimental data. Instead of the dodecamolybdoantimonates, the well-known hexagonal molybdenum oxide was prepared. The given misinformation has to be corrected, even 28 years after its publication.

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