Restraining Symmetry in the Formation of Small Polyoxomolybdates: Building Blocks of Unprecedented Topology Resulting From “Shrink-Wrapping” [H2Mo16O52]10−-Type Clusters

Restraining Symmetry in the Formation of

✍ De-Liang Long; Paul Kögerler; Louis J. Farrugia; Leroy Cronin 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 256 KB 👁 1 views

Trapped polyoxometalate clusters can be isolated in a novel and simple synthetic approach which "shrink-wraps" unstable, unsymmetrical polyoxometalate clusters with large organic cations. This prevents their rearrangement and aggregation to more symmetrical, well known structures. Initial results an