Judit Bartis, Sean Sukal, Michaela Dankova, Eric Kraft, Rafael Kronzon, Michael Blumenstein and Lynn C. Francesconi
Lanthanide complexes of three classes of polyoxoanions have been characterized by multinuclear (183W and 31P) NMR spectroscopy among other techniques. The tetrabutylammonium salt of the lacunary [α-2-P2W17O61]10- , prepared by metathesis of the potassium salt, was isomerically pure according to 183W and 31P NMR spectroscopy. The K13[Ln(SiW11O39)2] family of complexes show a six-line pattern in the 183W NMR spectrum at 40 °C for the lanthanum derivative, consistent with a symmetrical structure (C2h or C2v symmetry), and eleven-line patterns for the ytterbium and lutetium analogues at 23 °C, suggesting a lower symmetry (C2) for complexes of the heavier lanthanide ions. The same phenomenon was observed for the [α-2-Ln(P2W17O61)2] 17- family of compounds. High-temperature 183W NMR experiments on the [Lu(SiW11O39)2]13- and the [α-2-Lu(P2W17O61)2] 17- compounds showed a reversible broadening and coalescence of the resonances, due to a dynamic effect, possibly rotation of the oxoanion ligands.