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Published on: August 7, 2018
pH-Dependent solution dynamics of a manganese(II) polyoxometalate, [Mn4(H2O)2(P2W15O56)2](16-), and [Mn(H2O)6](2+)
Rupali Sharma1, Jie Zhang, C André Ohlin
1School of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. andy.ohlin@monash.edu.
Abstract:
The aqueous reaction dynamics of the manganese(II)-functionalised Wells-Dawson polyoxometalate [Mn4(H2O)2(P2W15O56)2](16-) has been determined as a function of pH using variable temperature (17)O NMR, and compared with that of the well-studied monomeric manganese(II) hexa-aqua ion, [Mn(H2O)6](2+). While the rate of aquo-ligand exchange on the hexa-aqua ion remains independent of pH in the range 3.2-6.0, the rate of water exchange of the polyoxometalate ion varies by a factor of fifteen, from 1.98 × 10(7) s(-1) at pH 3.2 to 1.3 × 10(6) s(-1) at pH 6.0. This decrease in the rate of exchange correlates with the deprotonation of the polyoxometalate framework.
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