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Platinum-Containing Polyoxometalates: syn- and anti-[Pt(II)2(α-PW11O39)2](10-) and Formation of the
Zhengguo Lin1, Natalya V Izarova1,2,3, Aleksandar Kondinski4
1Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Jacobs University, P.O. Box 750 561, 28725, Bremen, Germany.
Abstract:
The first examples of dimeric, di-Pt(II) -containing heteropolytungstates are reported. The two isomeric di-platinum(II)-containing 22-tungsto-2-phosphates [anti-Pt(II)2(α-PW11O39)2](10-) (1 a) and [syn-Pt(II)2(α-PW11O39)2](10-) (2 a) were synthesized in aqueous pH 3.5 medium using one-pot procedures. Polyanions 1 a and 2 a contain a core comprising two face-on PtO4 units, with a Pt⋅⋅⋅Pt distance of 2.9-3 Å. Both polyanions were investigated by single-crystal XRD, IR, TGA, UV/Vis, (31) P NMR, ESI-MS, CID-MS/MS, electrochemistry, and DFT. On the basis of DFT and electrochemistry, we demonstrated that the {Pt2(II)} moiety in 1 a and 2 a can undergo fully reversible two-electron oxidation to {Pt2(III)}, accompanied by formation of a single Pt-Pt bond. Hence we have discovered the novel subclass of Pt(III)-containing heteropolytungstates.
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