Polyoxometalate tri-supported transition metal complexes containing mixed-valent transition metal ions.

Three compounds, [AsMo8V6O42][Cu(2,2ʹ-bpy)2]2[Cu(2,2ʹ-bpy)]·4H2O (1), [PMo8V6O42][Cu(2,2ʹ-bpy)2]2[Cu(2,2ʹ-bpy)]·3H2O (2) and [PMo8V6O42][Cu(2,2ʹ-bpy)2]2[Cu(2,2ʹ-bpy)]·3.5H2O (3), have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions and characterized by IR, UV–vis, XRD, TG, elemental analysis, and X-ray diffraction analysis. Single-crystal X-ray structure analysis reveals that1and2are isostructural and isomorphous, whereas2and3are polymorphs. Polymorphs of1have not been synthesized yet. The mixed-valent transition metal ion in1–3has been further confirmed by TG analyses. Catalytic properties of1and2have also been studied. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]