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Published on: February 10, 2023
Tailor-made Covalent Organic-Inorganic Polyoxometalate Hybrids: Versatile Platforms for the Elaboration of Functional
Guillaume Izzet1, Florence Volatron1, Anna Proust1
1Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire UMR CNRS 8232, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC-Paris06, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75005, Paris, France.
Abstract:
Post-functionalization of organically modified polyoxometalates (POMs) is a powerful synthetic tool to devise functional building blocks for the rational elaboration of POM-based molecular materials. In this personal account we focus on iodoaryl-terminated POM platforms, describe reliable routes to the synthesis of covalent organic-inorganic POM-based hybrids and their integration into advanced molecular architectures or multi-scale assemblies as well as their immobilization onto surfaces. Valorisation of the remarkable redox properties of POMs in the fields of artificial synthesis and molecular electronic is especially considered.
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