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

Unpublished Results<br />

9.3.2.1 Results and discussion<br />

The structure of [{Zr(O 2 )(SiW 11 O 39 )} 2 ] 12- (21) (Figure 9.58) reveals that the novel polyanion<br />

consists of two [α-SiW 11 O 39 ] 8- anions linked by a {Zr 2 (O 2 ) 2 } 4+ group in a head-on fashion,<br />

resulting in an assembly with C i symmetry. The Zr 4+<br />

ion is located in an antiprismatic<br />

coordination environment with eight oxygen atoms, four of them being connected to the<br />

polyanion and other four being connected to the two peroxo oxygen groups. The BVS<br />

calculation indicates that none of the four oxygen atoms from the peroxo groups are protonated.<br />

We performed TGA measurements on 21a (Figure 9.57) from room temperature to 900 ° C which<br />

is fully consistent with the formula of 21a provided above.<br />

Figure 9.58 Polyhedral/ball and stick type structural representation of 21. Color scheme: Zr, Si, peroxo and WO<br />

units are shown by deep green spheres, green tetrahedra, red spheres and red octahedra, respectively.<br />

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