The magnetic properties of the compounds(NH
4)
21[{
VO(H
2O)}
6{Mo(
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-H
2O)
2(
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-OH)Mo}
3{Mo
15(MoNO)
2O
58(H
2O)
2}
3]·65H
2O,
1a,(NH
2Me
2)
18(NH
4)
6[{VO(H
2O)}
6{Mo(
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-H
2O)
2(
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-O)Mo}
3{Mo
15(MoNO)
2O
58(H
2O)
2}
3]·14H
2O,
1b, andNa
3(NH
4)
12[{Fe(H
2O)
2}
6{Mo(
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-H
2O)
2(
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-OH)Mo}
3{Mo
15(MoNO)
2O
58(H
2O)
2}
3]·76H
2O,
2, ha
vebeen in
vestigated.
1a,
1b, and
2contain giant cluster anions composed of three transferableMo
17 ligands bridgedby cationic centers which can be exchanged for other metal centers(this means that metal centers can be placeddeliberately on the surface of large clusters ser
ving as models formetal oxides). Six of these paramagneticcenters (V(IV) in
1a/
1b and Fe(III) in
2) are arranged to form a trigonal prism. The analysisof the magneticsusceptibility data re
veals an efficient exchange pathway between thecenters located within the trigonal face ofthis prism mediated by the large and electronically unusualMo
17 ligands. In the case of the
vanadium(IV)compounds a remarkably strong antiferromagnetic coupling within thetriangles (V···V distances > 650 pm) isobser
ved, ca. 190 cm
-1 for
1a and ca. 160cm
-1 for
1b, with the Hamiltonian defined as
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=J
i<jSi·
Sj.Themeasurement of the anisotropic susceptibility of compound
1aallowed us to determine for the first time theelusi
ve antisymmetric exchange parameter
G, expected to begenerally operati
ve in spin frustrated systems. Theelectronic structure of the giant cluster anions of
1a,
1b, and
2 as well as, for the purpose ofcomparison, thoseof the compounds(NH
4)
12[{MoO
2}
2{H
12Mo
15(MoNO)
2O
58(H
2O)
2}
2]·33H
2O,
3,Na
8[{MoO
2}
2{H
12Mo
15(MoO)
2O
58(H
2O)
2}
2]·58H
2O,
4, and(NH
2Me
2)
6[H
2H
12(Mo
VIO
3)
4Mo
V12O
40],
5, ha
ve been in
vestigated by photoelectronspectroscopy and extended Hückel calculations.