Structure-directing effect of aqueous alkali metal ion (Li+, Na+and K+) clusters on the polyoxoanion configuration in vanadium-molybdenum polyoxometalate solid solutions

Zhi Yuan Yao, Guo Qin Zhang, Zi Han Li, Lin Jiang Shen, Xiao Ming Ren

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Abstract

In a structural chemistry context, the dense packing and the structure-directing agent (SDA) often play a crucial role in the formation of the desired crystal structure. Herein, we present two isomorphous decavanadate-type polyoxometalates, M2(NH4)4−x[V10−xMoxO28]·10H2O (M = Li andx= 0.13 for1; M = Na andx= 0.95 for2), prepared by solution evaporation under ambient conditions and characterized by the techniques of EDS, ICP-MS, TG, XPS, X-band EPR spectroscopy, and X-ray single crystal and powder diffractions. Both1and2crystallized in the space groupP1̄ with analogous cell parameters, containing thermodynamically stable [M2(H2O)10]2+(M = Li or Na) clusters, NH4+ions and decavanadate-type polyoxoanions with V5+and Mo6+ions. The polyoxoanions and {M2(H2O)10}2+cluster cations, owing to their comparable dimensions, arrange alternately to form dense packing along thea+c,c- anda-axis directions. As earlier reported, however, [(H2O)0.3@K6(H2O)12]H4.45[PV7.45Mo4.55O40]·11H2O (3) crystallizes in a CsCl-type dense packing structure under analogous crystal growth conditions. In3, the thermodynamically-stable (H2O)0.3@K6(H2O)12cluster cation and Keggin-type {Mo4.55V7.45PO40}10.45−polyoxoanion have comparable dimensions. This study clearly reveals the structure-directing effect of thermodynamically-stable aqueous alkali metal ion clusters, initially formed in the reaction mixture, on a polyoxoanion configuration in vanadium-molybdenum polyoxometalate solid solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6533-6540
Number of pages8
JournalCrystEngComm
Volume23
Issue number37
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Oct 2021

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