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A Bicadmium-Substituted Polyoxometalate Network Based on a Vanadosilicate Cluster for the Selective Oxidation of
Tong Zhou1, Jie Zhang1, Yuan-Yuan Ma1
1Hebei Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A new bicadmium-substituted vanadosilicate, [Cd(en)2]2[(en)2Cd2Si8V12O40(OH)8(H2O)0.5]·5H2O (1; en = ethylenediamine), had been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized. Structural analysis revealed that the kind of new [(en)2Cd2Si8V12O40(OH)8(H2O)0.5]4- polyoxoanionic cluster was derived from the classical {V18O42} cluster by replacing six {VO5} square pyramids with four {Si2O7} and two [Cd(en)]2+ groups. Notably, such mixed substitution of both main-group and transition metals in polyoxovanadates is much less developed. Furthermore, compound 1 displays efficient catalytic activity toward the selective oxidation of styrene to benzaldehyde with a conversion of 97% and a selectivity of 87% in 8 h.
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