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Published on: June 23, 2023
Syntheses and post-functionalization of tri-substituted polyalkoxohexavanadates containing tris(alkoxo) ligands
Xunliang Hu1, Zicheng Xiao, Bo Huang
1Institute of POM-based Materials, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China. zichxiao@hotmail.com Pingfanwu-111@163.com.
Abstract:
A new synthetic approach to tri-substituted trisalkoxy-hexavanadate clusters containing different organic groups was developed in this work. Four mixed-valence or fully reduced POV hybrids were synthesized and structurally characterized, including an amino-containing derivative of hexavanadate, Na2[VVO10{NH2C(CH2O)3}3] (1). Furthermore, a novel mixed-valence POV hybrid was prepared via the amidation of 1, indicating that 1 can be used as an excellent building block for the design and synthesis of mixed-valence POV functional materials.
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