A novel series of fully re
duce
d heteropolyoxovana
dium(IV) compoun
ds, [MV
IV6O
6{(OCH
2CH
2)
2N(CH
2CH
2OH)}
6]X(
1, M = Li, X = Cl·LiCl;
2, M = Na, X = Cl·H
2O;
3, M = Mg, X = 2Br·H
2O;
4, M = Mn, X = 2Cl;
5, M = Fe,X = 2Cl;
6, M = Co, X = 2Cl·H
2O;
7, M = Ni, X = 2Cl·H
2O), have been synthesize
d an
d characterize
d by FT-IRan
d UV-vis spectroscopies, thermogravimetric analysis, elemental analysis, manganometric titration, temperature-
depen
dent magnetic susceptibility measurements, bon
d valence sum calculations, X-ray pow
der
diffraction, an
dsingle-crystal X-ray
diffraction analyses. The structures of the crystals are comprise
d of
discrete units of fullyre
duce
d cluster cations, [MV
IV6O
6{(OCH
2CH
2)
2N(CH
2CH
2OH)}
6]
n+, counterions (chlori
de or bromi
de), an
d water ofcrystallization (in the case of
2,
3,
6,
7). In each case the cluster ion is compose
d of a fully re
duce
d cyclic {MV
6N
6O
18}(M = Li, Na, Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) framework
decorate
d with six triethanolamine ligan
ds. Two arms of eachtriethanolamine ligan
d are coor
dinate
d to the metallacycle, an
d the thir
d arm projects outwar
d from the hexagonalring. The {MV
6N
6O
18} core a
dopts the An
derson-type structure. The cyclic core is comprise
d of a ring of sixe
dge-sharing {VO
5N} octahe
dra linke
d to a central {MO
6} unit. The hexametalate ring contains six
d1 ions {V
IV}an
d shows remarkable flexibility to encapsulate a variety of metal centers M
n+ (M
n+ = Li
+, Na
+, Mg
2+, Mn
2+, Fe
2+,Co
2+, Ni
2+) with
different (
dn) spins. The compoun
ds show goo
d thermal stability an
d exhibit interesting magneticproperties that make these magnetic clusters promising buil
ding blocks for constructing supramolecular structuresan
d exten
de
d structure magnetic soli
ds. Crystal
data for
1; C
36H
78Cl
2N
6Li
2O
24V
6, trigonal space group
R![](/images/entities/thremacr.gif)
,
a =13.7185(3) Å,
c = 24.8899(8) Å,
Z = 3. Crystal
data for
2: C
36H
80ClN
6NaO
25V
6, triclinic space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
,
a =11.1817(5) Å,
b = 12.1612(5) Å,
c = 21.5979(10) Å,
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= 75.8210(10),
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ddle"> = 78.8270(10),
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= 71.1400(10),
Z =2. Crystal
data for
4: C
36H
78Cl
2N
6MnO
24V
6, monoclinic, space group
P2
1,
a =11.2208(5) Å,
b = 21.5041(9) Å,
c= 11.8126(5),
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ddle"> = 111.2680,
Z= 2. Crystal
data for
5: C
36H
78Cl
2N
6FeO
24V
6, monoclinic, space group
P2
1,
a =11.3057(7) Å,
b = 21.4372(13) Å,
c = 11.8167(7) Å,
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ddle"> = 111.4170,
Z = 2.