Mechanistic insights into polyoxometalate self-assembly in organic solvent: conversion of a cyclic polyoxovanadate-ethoxide to its Lindqvist congener

Rachel L Meyer; Robert Love; William W Brennessel; Ellen M Matson

doi:10.1039/d0cc03464a

Mechanistic insights into polyoxometalate self-assembly in organic solvent: conversion of a cyclic polyoxovanadate-ethoxide to its Lindqvist congener

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Jul 31;56(61):8607-8610. doi: 10.1039/d0cc03464a.

Authors

Rachel L Meyer¹, Robert Love¹, William W Brennessel¹, Ellen M Matson¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 32614004
DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03464a

Abstract

We report the synthesis of a cyclic hexavanadate polyoxovanadate-alkoxide cluster, [VO(OC2H5)2]6, and its conversion, under solvothermal conditions, to an oxygen-deficient Lindqvist assembly, [V6O6(OC2H5)12]n (n = 1-, 0). This study presents insights into the mechanism of organo-functionalized polyoxovandate-alkoxide formation, namely identifying essential intermediates and the source of the central μ6-O2- ligand.