Sulfite Anions as Structure‐Directing Templates for the Engineering of Modular Polyoxometalates1. Issue 10 (4th December 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Miras, Haralampos N.; Chilas, George I.; Cronin, Leroy; Kabanos, Themistoklis A.
• Other Names: Kortz Ulrich sponsoringEditor.; Liu Tianbo sponsoringEditor.
• Is Part Of: European journal of inorganic chemistry. Issue 10/11(2013)
• Page Start: 1620
• Page End: 1630
• Publication Date: 2012-12-04
• Subjects: Cluster compounds -- Hetero­polyanions -- Polyoxometalates -- Sulfites; Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; Organometallic chemistry -- Periodicals; Bioinorganic chemistry -- Periodicals; Solid state chemistry -- Periodicals; 546
• DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201201065
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1434-1948

Abstract

Abstract: Polyoxometalates (POMs) are anionic metal oxides and encompass a diverse family of nanosized compounds with an unmatched range of architectures and physical properties. The use of the pyramidal sulfite anion, with its numerous coordination modes, has introduced structural diversity into the POM‐based chemical systems, giving rise to the formation of novel synthons for the construction of unprecedented architectures ranging from low‐nuclearity, isolable secondary building units to POM‐based molecular nanoparticles, open‐framework and 3D coordination materials, and the emergence of novel properties. Abstract : We describe synthetic approaches to the generation of building block libraries of polyoxometalates for use in the construction of functional materials and architectures. This building‐block principle has led to the discovery of new compounds with interesting catalytic, electronic and structural properties, whilst at the same time leading to the rational synthesis of complex POM architectures.