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Record High‐Nuclearity Polyoxoniobates: Discrete Nanoclusters {Nb 114 }, {Nb 81 }, and {Nb 52 }, and Extended Frameworks Based on {Cu 3 Nb 78 } and {Cu 4 Nb 78 }
Author(s) -
Jin Lu,
Zhu ZengKui,
Wu YanLan,
Qi YanJie,
Li XinXiong,
Zheng ShouTian
Publication year - 2017
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.201709565
Subject(s) - nanoclusters , niobium , crystallography , ion , materials science , series (stratigraphy) , chemistry , nanotechnology , metallurgy , organic chemistry , paleontology , biology
A series containing the highest nuclearity polyoxoniobate (PONb) nanoclusters, ranging from dimers to tetramers, has been obtained. They include one 114‐nuclear {Li 8 ⊂Nb 114 O 316 }, one 81‐nuclear {Li 3 K⊂Nb 81 O 225 }, and one 52‐nuclear {H 4 Nb 52 O 150 }. The Nb nuclearity of these PONbs is remarkably larger than those of all known high‐nuclearity PONbs (≤32). Furthermore, the introduction of 3d Cu 2+ ions can lead to the generation of extended inorganic–organic hybrid frameworks built from novel, high‐nuclearity, nanoscale heterometallic PONb building blocks {H 3 Cu 3 Nb 78 O 222 } or {H 3 Cu 4 (en)Nb 78 O 222 }. These building blocks also contain the largest number of Nb centers of any heterometallic PONbs reported to date. The synthesis of new‐type PONbs has long been a challenging subject in PONb chemistry.