Georg Süss-Fink, Laurent Plasseraud, Vincent Ferrand and Helen Stoeckli-Evans
The amphiphilic title compound, easily accessible from (p- cymene)ruthenium dichloride dimer and sodium molybdate in aqueous solution, presents an unprecedented Ru4Mo4O12 framework comprising a central Mo4O4 cube with four folded ORuO flaps resembling the sails of a windmill.