<strong>Chapter</strong> 6 U-peroxo-Polyoxometalate 6.5 Conclusion In summary, we have isolated a uranium-peroxo derivative of the hitherto unknown “P 6 W 36 ” Wells-Dawson ion. The title POM [Li(H 2 O)K 4 (H 2 O) 3 {(UO 2 ) 4 (O 2 ) 4 (H 2 O) 2 } 2 (PO 3 OH) 2 P 6 W 36 O 136 ] 24- (4) was synthesized by using the poorly investigated precursor [H 6 P 4 W 24 O 94 ] 18- (P 4 W 24 ). Hence this work demonstrates that novel lacunary polytungstate ligands can be stabilized by exotic coordination complex templates. In future work we plan to examine the acid/base and redox properties of 4 in more detail, including electrochemistry and homogeneous oxidation catalysis studies with the green oxidant H 2 O 2 . 119
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