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Chapter 3<br />

Published Results<br />

Polyanions 11 <strong>and</strong> 12 were formed by following the same synthetic procedure <strong>of</strong> the<br />

{Ln 2 W 22 } family reported by us recently. 10<br />

The formation mechanism appears to be a<br />

classical tungstate condensation in aqueous acidic medium mediated by lanthanide ions<br />

(molar ratio 14:1). Besides 11 <strong>and</strong> 12 we were also able to synthesize other members <strong>of</strong> the<br />

novel {W 28 } family, namely for Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd <strong>and</strong> Gd as determined by FTIR <strong>and</strong><br />

preliminary single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, see Figure 3.14.<br />

Figure 3.14. IR spectra <strong>of</strong> the seven isotructural derivatives <strong>of</strong> the {Ln 2 W 28 } family with Ln<br />

= La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu <strong>and</strong> Gd (from top to bottom).<br />

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