Exploiting the equilibrium dynamics in the self-assembly of inorganic macrocycles based upon polyoxothiometalate building blocks

Hongying Zang; Andrew Surman; Deliang Long; Leroy Cronin; Haralampos N Miras

doi:10.1039/c6cc01041e

Exploiting the equilibrium dynamics in the self-assembly of inorganic macrocycles based upon polyoxothiometalate building blocks

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jul 12;52(58):9109-12. doi: 10.1039/c6cc01041e.

Authors

Hongying Zang¹, Andrew Surman¹, Deliang Long¹, Leroy Cronin¹, Haralampos N Miras¹

Affiliation

¹ WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. Charalampos.moiras@Glasgow.ac.uk.

PMID: 26982102
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc01041e

Abstract

We report the preparation and characterization of two new polyoxothiometalate species, {Mo16} = {(Mo2O2S2)8(OH)16(C4O4)2}(4-) (compound 1) and {Mo12} = {(Mo2O2S2)6(OH)12(CH3COO)2}(2-) (compound 2). Control of synthesis is achieved by the addition of the organic-template and further re-arrangement is controlled simply by the addition of potassium to a precursor compound yielding compound 2. The structures of the compounds are discussed and we also show that ion-mobility mass spectrometry can be used to resolve the species and their building blocks in solution.