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Reaction Dynamics of the Decaniobate Ion [H x Nb 10 O 28 ] (6− x )− in Water
Author(s) -
Villa Eric M.,
Ohlin C. André,
Balogh Edina,
Anderson Travis M.,
Nyman May D.,
Casey William H.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200801125
Subject(s) - polyoxometalate , dissociation (chemistry) , isotopes of oxygen , ion , cluster (spacecraft) , chemistry , stable isotope ratio , isotope , physics , crystallography , nuclear physics , computer science , nuclear chemistry , catalysis , biochemistry , organic chemistry , programming language
The nanometer‐size title cluster is unique in that it reacts slowly enough in water that one can simultaneously observe steady‐state oxygen‐isotope exchanges and dissociation pathways (see scheme; O red, Nb green), leading to conceptual advances in both geochemistry and polyoxometalate chemistry.