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List <strong>of</strong> Figures<br />

1.1 Polyhedral models <strong>of</strong> the three possible unions between two MO 6 octahedral<br />

units. A) corner-sharing,B) edge-sharing <strong>and</strong> C) face-sharing . . . . . . . . 3<br />

1.2 Ball <strong>and</strong> stick represention <strong>of</strong> the α Keggin type cluster; the black balls<br />

represent tungsten <strong>and</strong> the red balls represent oxygen . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />

1.3 Ball/stick <strong>and</strong> polyhedral representation <strong>of</strong> the alpha isomer <strong>of</strong> the Keggin<br />

structure with different types <strong>of</strong> oxygen. Color codes: The blue polyhedra<br />

represent the tungsten <strong>and</strong> the red balls represent oxygen . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

1.4 Combined polyhedral/ball <strong>and</strong> stick representation <strong>of</strong> [Cu 3 Na 3 (H 2 O) 9 (α-<br />

As III W 9 O 33 ) 2 ] 9− . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

1.5 Combined polyhedral/ball <strong>and</strong> stick representation <strong>of</strong> {(O 3 POPO 3 )Mo 6 O 18 } 4− 8<br />

1.6 Ball <strong>and</strong> stick representation <strong>of</strong> the Lindqvist structure . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

1.7 Polyhedron representation <strong>of</strong> the Anderson structure . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

1.8 Ball <strong>and</strong> stick representation <strong>of</strong> the Wells-Dawson structure . . . . . . . . . 10<br />

1.9 Schematic representation <strong>of</strong> the formation <strong>of</strong> Keggin-type lacunary. Courtesy:<br />

Dr. Santiago C. Reinoso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

1.10 Schematic representation <strong>of</strong> the formation <strong>of</strong> Keggin- <strong>and</strong> Wells-Dawson<br />

type lacunary species in tungsto-phosphate system with respect to pH.Courtesy:<br />

Dr. Santiago C. Reinoso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

1.11 Monomeric (left) <strong>and</strong> dimeric species (right) <strong>of</strong> monoorganotin containing<br />

polyoxotungstates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

3.1 FTIR spectra <strong>of</strong> compound CsNa-1(red) <strong>and</strong> Na 9 [α-AsW 9 O 33 ] (blue) . . 27<br />

3.2 FTIR spectra <strong>of</strong> compound CsNa-2(red) <strong>and</strong> Na 9 [α-SbW 9 O 33 ](blue) . . . 28<br />

3.3 W 183 NMR spectra <strong>of</strong> (CsNa 4 [{Sn(CH 3 ) 2 } 3 O(H 2 O) 4 ( β-XW 9 O 33 )]·5H 2 O)<br />

([X = As (top)CsNa-1, Sb (bottom)CsNa-2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

3.4 Sn 119 NMR spectra <strong>of</strong> (CsNa 4 [{Sn(CH 3 ) 2 } 3 O(H 2 O) 4 ( β-XW 9 O 33 )]·5H 2 O)<br />

[X = As (top)CsNa-1, Sb(bottom)CsNa-2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />

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