Tetrahedral connection of ε-Keggin-type polyoxometalates to form an all-inorganic octahedral molecular sieve with an intrinsic 3D pore system

Zhenxin Zhang; Masahiro Sadakane; Toru Murayama; Shoko Izumi; Nobuhiro Yasuda; Norihito Sakaguchi; Wataru Ueda

doi:10.1021/ic4022849

Tetrahedral connection of ε-Keggin-type polyoxometalates to form an all-inorganic octahedral molecular sieve with an intrinsic 3D pore system

Inorg Chem. 2014 Jan 21;53(2):903-11. doi: 10.1021/ic4022849. Epub 2013 Dec 30.

Authors

Zhenxin Zhang¹, Masahiro Sadakane, Toru Murayama, Shoko Izumi, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Norihito Sakaguchi, Wataru Ueda

Affiliation

¹ Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University , N-21, W-10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.

PMID: 24377484
DOI: 10.1021/ic4022849

Abstract

A new type of polyoxometalate-based porous material was successfully synthesized. The new material is the first fully inorganic Keggin-type polyoxometalate-based microporous material with intrinsically ordered open micropores and is the third member of the small family of octahedral molecular sieves (OMSs). Twelve MoO6 or VO6 octahedra surround a central VO4 tetrahedron to form ε-Keggin polyoxometalate building blocks (ε-VMo9.4V2.6O40) that are linked by Bi(III) ions to form crystalline Mo-V-Bi oxide with a diamondoid topology. The presence of a tetrahedral shape of the ε-Keggin polyoxometalate building block results in arrangement of microporosity in a tetrahedral fashion which is new in OMSs. Owing to its microporosity, this Mo-V-Bi oxide shows zeolitic-like properties such as ion-exchange and molecule adsorption.