Two new hybrid compounds assembled from Keggin-type polyoxometalates and transition metal coordination complexes

Abstract: Two new hybrid compounds based on Keggin-type polyoxometalates: {[PMo12O40][Ni(Phen)2(H2O)]2}·K·2OH− (1) and [Cd2(Phen)4Cl2][HPW12O40]·H2O (2) (Phen=1,10-phenanthroline), have been prepared and characterized by IR, UV–vis, XPS, XRD and single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Compound 1 exhibits a 1-D chain structure constructed from Pseudo-Keggin polyoxometalate bi-supported transition metal coordination complexes linked by K+ ions. Compound 2 contains Pseudo-Keggin polyoxoanions [HPW12O40]2− and novel metal–chloride–ligand coordination complexes [Cd2(Phen)4Cl2]2+. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]