The
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cant Wells-Dawson heteropolyoxoanion [P
2W
17O
61]
10- are
complexantsof trivalent rare-earth (RE) ions and serve to stabilize otherwise rea
ctive tetravalent lanthanide (Ln) and a
ctinide(An) ions in aqueous solution. Aspe
cts of the bonding of Ln ions with
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2W
17O
61]
10- and
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2W
17O
61]
10-were investigated to address issues of
complex formation and stability. We present stru
ctural insights about theLn(III)
coordination environment and hydration in two types of stoi
chiometri
c complexes, [Ln(
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2W
17O
61)]
7-and [Ln(
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2W
17O
61)
2]
17- (for Ln
Sm, Eu, Lu; X
P, As). The
crystal and mole
cular stru
ctures of [(H
2O)
4Lu(
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2W
17O
61)]
7- (
1) and [Lu(
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2W
17O
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2]
17- (
2) were solved and refined through use of single-
crystalX-ray diffra
ction. The
crystallographi
c results are supported with
corresponding insights from XAFS (X-rayabsorption fine stru
cture) for a series of nine solid-state
complexes as well as from opti
cal lumines
cen
ce spe
ctros
copyof the Eu(III) analogues in aqueous solution. All the Ln ions are eight-
coordinate with oxygen atoms in a squareantiprism arrangement. For the 1:1 stoi
chiometri
c Ln/
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2W
17O
61]
10- complexes, the Ln ions are bound tofour O atoms of the la
cunary polyoxometalate framework in addition to four O atoms from solvent (water) mole
culesas [(H
2O)
4Ln(
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2W
17O
61)]
7-. This stru
cture (
1) is the first of its kind for any metal
complex of
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2W
17O
61]
10-, and the data indi
cate that the general stoi
chiometry [(H
2O)
4Ln(
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2W
17O
61)]
7- is maintainedthroughout the lanthanide series. For the 1:2 stoi
chiometri
c Ln/
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2W
17O
61]
10- complexes, no water mole
culesare in the Ln-O
8 coordination sphere. The Ln ions are bound to eight O atoms-four from ea
ch of twoheteropolyanions-as [Ln(
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2W
17O
61)
2]
17-. The average Ln-O interatomi
c distan
ces de
crease a
cross thelanthanide series,
consistent with the de
creasing Ln ioni
c radius.