A mild post-functionalization method for the vanadium substituted P2W15V3 Wells–Dawson polyoxometalate based on a copper catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition

A mild post-functionalization method, based on a copper(i) catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition, was developed for the fragile [P2W15V3]9- (PWV). PWV was functionalized with an azide and used as a platform to attach various alkyne functionalized compounds.