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Guang-Gang Gao1, Lin Xu, Wen-Ju Wang
1Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education Institute of Polyoxometalate Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
New Keggin-type cobalt(II)/nickel(II)-centered heteropolymolybdates, (C3H5N2)6[Co(II)Mo12O40]10H2O (1) and (NH4)3(C4H5N2O2)3[Ni(II)Mo12O40] (2), were isolated and characterized by IR, UV-vis, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric, magnetic, as well as electrochemical analyses. The polyanion in the two compounds displays the well-known alpha-Keggin structure, which is composed of four Mo3O13 units formed by edge-sharing octahedra. Four Mo3O13 units connect each other by vertices, and the Co(2+) or Ni(2+) is located in the center. Magnetic measurements show that the central Co(2+) and Ni(2+) are in high spin states (with S = 3/2 and S = 1, respectively) exhibiting paramagnetic behaviors. Cyclic voltammetric experiments for 1 represent a quasi-reversible one-electron redox Co(3+)/Co(2+) couple and two four-electron reversible redox processes ascribed to Mo centers, while 2 only shows two four-electron redox processes attributed to Mo centers in pH = 0.5 H2SO4 solution.
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