Stoeckli-Evans, Helen

2002, Laly, Myriam, Fidalgo, Eva Garcia, Stoeckli-Evans, Helen, Süss-Fink, Georg

The heteropolyoxometalate [(HAsAsMoMo8O34)-As-III-Mo-V-Mo-V-O-VI](6-) reacts in aqueous solution with an excess of sodium metaarsenite to give a new arsenomolybdate [(As5Mo4O20)-Mo-III-O-VI(OCH3)](2-) which crystallize as the tetrabutylammonium salt. The single-crystal X-ray structure analysis reveals a heteropolyoxometalate anion containing an unusual chain of five arsenic atoms linked to each other by bridging oxygen atoms. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

2002, Fidalgo, Eva Garcia, Neels, Antonia, Stoeckli-Evans, Helen, Süss-Fink, Georg

The hydrothermal reaction of Na2MoO4 with pyridine in water at pH 5 and 130 degreesC gives the octamolybdate anion [Mo-8(VI) O-26(OH)](5-) (1) which crystallises as the pyridinium salt; its molecular structure derives from that of the parent alpha-octamolybdate anion [Mo-8(VI) O-26](4-) by opening two molybdenum-oxygen bond and adding a hydroxo bridge. The same reaction in the presence of NaAsO2 yields the mixed-valence arsenatomolybdate [Has(III)As(V)Mo(V)Mo(8)(VI)O(34)](6-) (2) which is also isolated as the pyridinium salt. Anion 2 has a lacunary structure like an open basket, which derives from the famous alpha-Keggin structure by removing three edge-sharing MoO6 octahedra and by capping a trioxygen face of three remaning MoO6 octahedra with an AsH group. Reaction of 2 with Co2+ leads to the anion [(HAsAsMoMo8VI)-As-III-Mo-V-Mo-V O-34 {Co(C5H5N)(2)(H2O)(3)}](4-) (3) which crystallises as a double pyridinium salt together with anion 2. The structure of 3 derives from that of 2 by attaching a Co(C5H5N)(2)(H2O)(3) fragment to a terminal oxo ligand. Reaction of 2 with hydrogen peroxide produces the fully oxydised alpha-Keggin anion [(AsMo12O40)-Mo-V-O-VI](3-) (4) which was found to crystallise as the tetrabutylammonium salt surprisingly with three independent molecules in the unit cell, two of them showing a remarkable disorder. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.