Issue 4, 2021

A protecting group strategy to access stable lacunary polyoxomolybdates for introducing multinuclear metal clusters

Abstract

Although metal-containing polyoxomolybdates (molybdenum oxide clusters) exhibit outstanding catalytic properties, their precise synthetic method has not yet been developed. This is mainly because the very low stability of the multivacant lacunary polyoxomolybdates limited their use as synthetic precursors. Here, we present a “protecting group strategy” in polyoxometalate synthesis and successfully develop an efficient method for synthesising multinuclear metal-containing polyoxomolybdates using pyridine as a protecting group for unstable trivacant lacunary Keggin-type polyoxomolybdate [PMo9O34]9−. Specifically, tetranuclear cubane- and planar-type manganese clusters were selectively synthesised in the polyoxomolybdates using the present method. The importance of this work is that, in addition to being the first practical way of utilizing multivacant lacunary polyoxomolybdates as precursors, this new “protecting group strategy” will make it possible to produce polyoxometalates with unexplored structures and properties.

Graphical abstract: A protecting group strategy to access stable lacunary polyoxomolybdates for introducing multinuclear metal clusters

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
07 noy 2020
Accepted
09 dek 2020
First published
13 yan 2021
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 1240-1244

A protecting group strategy to access stable lacunary polyoxomolybdates for introducing multinuclear metal clusters

C. Li, A. Jimbo, K. Yamaguchi and K. Suzuki, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 1240 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC06133F

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