The electronic properties, redox properties, protonation, and stability of five [
-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- isomers have beeninvestigated employing density-functional theory (DFT) method. The results reveal that the stability of [
-1,2-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- and [
-1,6-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- is weaker and the redox ability is higher among five isomers, while for[
-1,5-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7-, [
-1,4-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7-, and [
-1,11-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- the stability is higher, but the redox abilityis weaker. At the same time, Ti-substituted systems are preferentially reduced in the tungsten centers. A simpleanalysis of molecular electrostatic potential maps of [
-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- isomers suggests that the preferred protonationsite corresponds to bridging oxygens (OTi
2 and OTiW) and terminal oxygens (OTi), especially bridging oxygensbonded to titaniums (OTi
2) in [
-1,2-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- and [
-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7-. It is proposed that the most stable structureis formed preferentially after protonation of the Ti-O site from the study of the protonated species,[
-1,4-HPTi
2W
10O
40]
6-. By means of total bonding energies of [
-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- isomers, the relative sequence ofstability has then been shown to be [
-1,4-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- > [
-1,5-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- > [
-1,11-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- > [
-1,2-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- > [
-1,6-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7-. In addition, the one-electron-reduced species of [
-PTi
2W
10O
40]
7- are alsodiscussed.