Rational addition of capping groups to the phosphomolybdate Keggin anion [PMo12O40](3-) by mild, non-aqueous reductive aggregation

Ridla Bakri; Andrew Booth; Gavin Harle; Paul S Middleton; Corinne Wills; William Clegg; Ross W Harrington; R John Errington

doi:10.1039/c2cc17670j

Rational addition of capping groups to the phosphomolybdate Keggin anion [PMo12O40](3-) by mild, non-aqueous reductive aggregation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Mar 14;48(22):2779-81. doi: 10.1039/c2cc17670j. Epub 2012 Feb 7.

Authors

Ridla Bakri¹, Andrew Booth, Gavin Harle, Paul S Middleton, Corinne Wills, William Clegg, Ross W Harrington, R John Errington

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, Bedson Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

PMID: 22314688
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc17670j

Abstract

Controlled reductive assembly of capped Keggin anions [PMo(12)O(40)(ML(m))(n)](3-) has been achieved by reduction of [PMo(12)O(40)](3-) with sodium-mercury amalgam in the presence of metal halides, as exemplified by the rational syntheses of mono-capped [PMo(12)O(40){Co(MeCN)(2)}](3-) and bi-capped [PMo(12)O(40)(VO)(2)](3-) and [PMo(12)O(40)Sb(2)](3-).