The reaction of
K28Li
5H
7[P
8W48O
184]·92H
2O
with early lanthanides under hydrothermal and conventional conditionsyields novel structures of the molecular formula Ln
4(H
2O)
28K
6Li
7[K
P
8W
48O
184(H
4W
4O
12)
2Ln
2(H
2O)
10]
57H
2O, Ln= La (
1), Ce (
2, 2a), Pr (
3), Nd (
4), in
which the central cavity of the precursor anion is occupied by lanthanidecations and H
4W
4O
12 moieties. The ne
w heteropolyanions
were characterized by elemental analysis, infraredspectroscopy,
31P NMR, and X-ray crystallography. All of the crystals are monoclinic, space group
C2/
m,
withlattice constants (&
Aring;,
)
a = 33.061(3),
b = 30.986(3),
c = 15.1649(13),
= 103.607(2), (
1);
a = 33.0577(16),
b = 31.0562(15),
c = 15.2320(7),
= 104.015(2), (
2);
a = 33.0577(16),
b = 31.0562(15),
c = 15.2320(7),
= 104.015(2), (
2a);
a = 33.007(2),
b = 31.060(2),
c = 15.2129(10),
= 104.0140(10), (
3);
a = 32.913(19),
b= 31.155(18),
c = 15.135(9),
= 103.495(11), (
4); and
Z = 2.