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

Unpublished Results<br />

9.2.5.2 Results and discussion<br />

The polyanion [Y(SiW 11 O 39 ) 2 ] 13- (19) (Figure 9.49) is composed of one yttrium and two units of<br />

[α-SiW 11 O 39 ] 8- . The compound 19a was characterized in the solid state by single-crystal XRD,<br />

TGA-DSC, and IR as well as in solution by 89 YNMR. The structure contains an yttrium<br />

sandwiched between two [α-SiW 11 O 39 ] 8- units. The central Y 3+ is of antiprismatic geometry. It is<br />

coordinated by eight oxygen atoms, four from each [α-SiW 11 O 39 ] 8- lacunary species (Figure<br />

9.48). The yttrium oxygen bond distances range from 2.3 Å to 2.42Å .The bond angle between<br />

two adjacent oxygen atoms of the silicotungstate precursor is 74.2°.<br />

We performed TGA<br />

measurements on 19a (Figure 9.48) from room temperature to 900 °C which is fully consistent<br />

with the formula of 19a provided above.<br />

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