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Synthesis of Nine-atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions of Germanium and their Functionalization with Organic Groups
Published on: February 11, 2012
Phenyltin-substituted 9-tungstogermanate and comparison with its tungstosilicate analogue
Santiago Reinoso1, Michael H Dickman, Antonia Praetorius
1School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University, P. O. Box 750 561, 28725 Bremen, Germany.
Abstract:
Reaction of (C 6H 5)SnCl 3 with Na 10[ A-alpha-GeW 9O 34] in water results in the monomeric, trisubstituted Keggin species [{(C 6H 5)Sn(OH)} 3( A-alpha-GeW 9O 34)] (4-) ( 1), constituting the first organotin derivative of a trilacunary Keggin tungstogermanate. Polyanion 1 could be obtained as two different cesium salts depending on the applied isolation strategy: Cs 3Na[{(C 6H 5)Sn(OH)} 3( A-alpha-GeW 9O 34)].9H 2O ( CsNa-1) and Cs 3[{(C 6H 5)Sn(OH)} 3( A-alpha-HGeW 9O 34)].8H 2O ( Cs-H1). The monomeric phenyltin-containing tungstosilicate [{(C 6H 5)Sn(OH)} 3( A-alpha-SiW 9O 34)] (4-) ( 2) and the dimeric, sandwich-type derivative [{(C 6H 5)Sn(OH)} 3( A-alpha-H 3SiW 9O 34) 2] (8-) ( 3) have also been isolated as the cesium salts Cs 3Na[{(C 6H 5)Sn(OH)} 3( A-alpha-SiW 9O 34)].9H 2O ( CsNa-2), Cs 4[{(C 6H 5)Sn(OH)} 3( A-alpha-SiW 9O 34)].13H 2O ( Cs-2), and Cs 8[{(C 6H 5)Sn(OH)} 3( A-alpha-H 3SiW 9O 34) 2].23H 2O ( Cs-3), respectively. We have investigated in detail the similarities and differences in the reactivity of (C 6H 5)Sn (3+) with [ A-alpha-GeW 9O 34] (10-) vs [ A-alpha-SiW 9O 34] (10-). All five compounds have been characterized in the solid state by means of elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, representing the first structural analysis for polyanions 1- 3. A full solution characterization of 1 by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy ( (1)H, (13)C, (119)Sn, and (183)W) has also been performed. The monomeric polyanions 1 and 2 are closely associated in the solid state through (Sn)O-H...O t (O t: terminal oxygen atom) hydrogen bonds reinforced by weak C-H...O t contacts to form 2-dimensional ( CsNa-1 and CsNa-2) or 1-dimensional ( Cs-H1) arrangements, and also dimeric entities ( Cs-2) depending on the network of intermolecular interactions.
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