Step-by-step covalent modification of Cr-templated Anderson-type polyoxometalates.

A series of tripodal alcohols substituted Anderson-type polyoxometalates (POMs) including mono-substituted (compounds and ), asymmetrical bi-substituted (compound ), and symmetrical bi-substituted ones (compounds and ) have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions using a pre-designed step-by-step strategy, and compounds , and have been fully characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, ESI-MS, and elemental analysis.