School of Engineering and Science - Jacobs University
School of Engineering and Science - Jacobs University
School of Engineering and Science - Jacobs University
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Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />
Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
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1 Introduction 1<br />
1.1 Historical perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
1.1.1 The clathrate-like structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
1.1.2 Chemical elements taking part in POMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
1.1.3 Features <strong>of</strong> POMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
1.2 Geometric Structures <strong>of</strong> representative types <strong>of</strong> Polyanions: Keggin, Lindqvist,<br />
Anderson-Evans <strong>and</strong> Wells-Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
1.3 Lacunary Species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
2 Experimental 18<br />
2.0.1 Reagents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
2.1 Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
2.1.1 Infrared spectroscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
2.1.2 Single crystal X-ray diffraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
2.1.3 Multinuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
2.1.4 Cyclic voltametry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
2.1.5 Elemental analyses <strong>and</strong> thermogravimetric analysis . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
2.2 Preparation <strong>of</strong> starting materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
2.2.1 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> Na 9 [AsW 9 O 33 ]·27H 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
2.2.2 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> Na 9 [SbW 9 O 33 ]·27H 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
2.2.3 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> K 14 [As 2 W 19 O 67·(H 2 O)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
2.2.4 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> A & B Na 8 [HAsW 9 O 34 ]·11H 2 O (A & B-Type AsW 9 O 34 ) 21<br />
2.2.5 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> A-Na 9 [PW 9 O 34 ]·7H 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
2.2.6 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> Cs 6 [P 2 W 5 O 23 ]·H 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
2.2.7 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> Cs 7 [PW 10 O 36 ]·H 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
2.2.8 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> Na 20 [P 6 W 18 O 79 ]·37.5H 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
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