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<strong>Chapter</strong> 9<br />

Unpublished Results<br />

9.1.3.1 Results and discussion<br />

The polyanion [Cu 20 N 3 (OH) 24 (H 2 O) 12 (P 8 W 48 O 184 )] 25- (8)(Figure 9.8) is unprecedented in<br />

structure, size, and composition. This is isostructural with [Cu 20 Cl(OH) 24 (H 2 O) 12 (P 8 W 48 O 184 )] 25- ,<br />

published in 2005 by Kortz group. Instead of Cl - we successfully incorporated N - 3 , which acts as<br />

a template. The structure of the wheel-shaped [H 7 P 8 W 48 O 184 ] 33- precursor is maintained in 1 and<br />

the cavity is filled with a highly symmetrical copper-hydroxo cluster. The Cu 20 Br cluster in 8 is<br />

composed of only three structurally unique types of copper ions. All 20 copper centers are<br />

bridged to neighboring copper ions by m 3 -oxo ligands to give a highly symmetrical, cage-like<br />

assembly. Based on bond valence sum calculations all 24 bridging oxygen atoms are<br />

monoprotonated. The coordination numbers and geometries of three types of Cu are different<br />

from each other and the octahedral Cu exhibits Jahn–Teller distortion with axial elongation.<br />

Figure 9.8 Polyhedral/ball and stick type structural representation of 8. Color scheme: Cu, P and WO 6<br />

units are shown by turquoise, blue and red respectively.<br />

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