Blurring the line between addenda and heteroatoms in a giant polyoxotungstotellurite

Jin-Xiu Liu; Natalya V Izarova; Paul Kögerler

doi:10.1039/c9cc04623b

Blurring the line between addenda and heteroatoms in a giant polyoxotungstotellurite

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Sep 16;55(72):10744-10747. doi: 10.1039/c9cc04623b. Epub 2019 Aug 21.

Authors

Jin-Xiu Liu¹, Natalya V Izarova², Paul Kögerler³

Affiliations

¹ Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance (JARA-FIT) and Peter Grünberg Institute - PGI 6, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany.
² Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. paul.koegerler@ac.rwth-aachen.de.
³ Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance (JARA-FIT) and Peter Grünberg Institute - PGI 6, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany and Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. paul.koegerler@ac.rwth-aachen.de.

PMID: 31432819
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04623b

Abstract

The 3.5 nm-sized polyanion [H₄TeWO₃₇₂]^80-, exhibiting an exceptionally high Te : W ratio, expands the structural role of Te^IV ions from classical heterogroups within polyoxotungstate subunits to addenda ions. Investigations on the self-assembly conditions, proceeding in a simple one-pot reaction, point to the pH as one critical factor for circumventing this limitation.