Fate of a Giant {Mo72Fe30}‑Type Polyoxometalate Cluster in an Aqueous Solution at Higher Temperature: Understanding Related Keplerate Chemistry, from Molecule to Material

• Published in: Inorganic chemistry Vol. 52; no. 17; pp. 9708 - 9710
• Main Authors: Mekala, Raju, Supriya, Sabbani, Das, Samar K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 03-09-2013
• Subjects: Hot Temperature; Iron Compounds - chemistry; Models, Molecular; Molybdenum - chemistry; Nanostructures - chemistry; Nanostructures - ultrastructure; Tungsten Compounds - chemistry; Water - chemistry
• ISSN: 0020-1669; 1520-510X
• DOI: 10.1021/ic401281x

When the giant icosahedral {Mo72Fe30} cluster containing compound [Mo72Fe30O252­(CH3COO)12­{Mo2O7­(H2O)}2­{H2Mo2O8­(H2O)}­(H2O)91]·150H2O (1) is refluxed in water for 36 h, it results in the formation of nanoiron molybdate, Fe2(MoO4)3, in the form of a yellow precipitate; this simple approach not only generates nanoferric molybdate at a moderate temperature but also helps to understand the stability of {Mo72Fe30} in terms of the linker–pentagon complementary relationship.