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School of Engineering and Science - Jacobs University

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cant amount <strong>of</strong> work on hybrid polyoxometales,[58–60] there have been only few reports<br />

<strong>of</strong> the reactivity <strong>of</strong> the side chain <strong>of</strong> such functionalized POMs [61–63]. Many <strong>of</strong> these<br />

organically derivatized POMs are unstable in water. Starting from hydrolytically more<br />

stable cyclopentadienyltitanium substituted POMs, [64, 65] Keana reported the preparation<br />

<strong>and</strong> reactivity <strong>of</strong> derivatives with various functional groups. [66, 67] We decided to<br />

re-examine hetropolytungstates with an alkyltin group, because these compounds might<br />

have promising antitumor activities [68]. It is important to have access to a wide variety<br />

<strong>of</strong> organic groups on the POM to meet specific requirements in biological applications.<br />

Different groups like -NH 2 for instance will enable the POM to cross a membrane or to<br />

reach a specific receptor depending on their precise nature.<br />

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