Self assembly of carboxylate/alcoholate functionalized ring-shape phosphomolybdates†
Abstract
We report a simple and efficient approach to incorporate organic groups into polymolybdates by reaction of H3PO3 with Na2MoO4·2H2O/(NH4)6Mo7O24·4H2O and organic components in aqueous medium. Carboxylate and alcoholate ligands were covalently attached to the [HPMo6O21]2− cluster to generate a series of inorganic–organic hybrid phosphomolybdates. Depending on the successful synthesis of these structures, it could be possible to obtain a variety of these hybrids through rational structural design using ligand control, which is rare in traditional “one-pot” polyoxometalate (POM) synthesis.