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Preparation of Polyoxometalate-based Photo-responsive Membranes for the Photo-activation of Manganese Oxide Catalysts
Published on: August 7, 2018
Poly[aquaneodymium(III)-mu5-2-oxido-5-sulfonatobenzoato]
Xiao-Qin Wang1, Jian Zhang, Zhao Ji Li
1State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The title compound, [Nd(C(7)H(3)O(6)S)(H(2)O)](n) or [Nd(SSA)(H(2)O)](n) (H(3)SSA is 5-sulfosalicylic acid), was synthesized by the hydrothermal reaction of Nd(2)O(3) with H(3)SSA in water. The compound forms a three-dimensional network in which the asymmetric unit contains one Nd(III) atom, one SSA ligand and one coordinated water molecule. The central Nd(III) ion is eight-coordinate, bonded to seven O atoms from five different SSA ligands [Nd-O = 2.405 (4)-2.612 (4) angstroms] and one aqua O atom [Nd-OW = 2.441 (4) angstroms].
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