Expanding molecular transition metal cubane clusters of the form [M4(μ3-O)4]12+: syntheses, spectroscopic and structural characterizations of molecules M4(μ3-O)4(O2P(Bn)2)4(O4), M = VV and WV

John S. Maass; Zhichao Chen; Matthias Zeller; Rudy L. Luck

doi:10.1039/C1DT11375E

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Expanding molecular transition metal cubaneclusters of the form [M₄(μ₃-O)₄]¹²⁺: syntheses, spectroscopic and structural characterizations of molecules M₄(μ₃-O)₄(O₂P(Bn)₂)₄(O₄), M = V^V and W^V†

John S. Maass,^a Zhichao Chen,^a Matthias Zeller^b and Rudy L. Luck*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI, USA
E-mail: rluck@mtu.edu

^b Department of Chemistry, Youngstown State University, 1 University Plaza, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
E-mail: mzeller@ysu.edu

Abstract

Oxidizing the trimer V₃(μ₃-O)(O₂)(μ₂-O₂P(Bn)₂)₆(H₂O) in the presence of excess ^tBuOOH results in V₄(μ₃-O)₄(μ₂-O₂P(Bn)₂)₄(O₄) and heating W(CO)₆ and bis(benzyl)phosphinic acid in 1 : 1 EtOH/THF at 120 °C produces W₄(μ₃-O)₄(μ₂-O₂P(Bn)₂)₄(O₄).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1DT11375E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 21 Jul 2011
Accepted: 12 Sep 2011
First published: 06 Oct 2011

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Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 11356-11358

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Expanding molecular transition metal cubane clusters of the form [M₄(μ₃-O)₄]¹²⁺: syntheses, spectroscopic and structural characterizations of molecules M₄(μ₃-O)₄(O₂P(Bn)₂)₄(O₄), M = V^V and W^V

J. S. Maass, Z. Chen, M. Zeller and R. L. Luck, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 11356 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11375E

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