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Chapter 4<br />

Unpublished Results<br />

Figure 4.3. Ball-<strong>and</strong>-stick representation <strong>of</strong> {Fe 16 O 2 (OH) 23 (H 2 O) 9 WO 3 } showing the<br />

protonation within the cleaved Fe 16 cluster <strong>and</strong> its coordination to the extra tungsten. The<br />

color code is as follows: W (black); Fe (yellow); O (red); HO as mono-protonated μ 2 -oxygen<br />

(gray); H 2 O as di-protonated μ 2 -oxygen (pink); disordered H 2 O or HO as protonated μ 2 -<br />

oxygen (turquoise).<br />

It is noteworthy that in the solid state the extra tungsten atom is disordered over two<br />

positions with 60/40 % occupancy within the cavity which due to the C s symmetry <strong>of</strong> the<br />

molecule. In other words, the cleavage <strong>of</strong> the original cyclic P 8 W 48 unit to form the open-ring<br />

P 8 W 48 * has led to an available vacancy with four basic oxygens. This vacancy however could<br />

only be occupied by one extra tungsten(VI) atom. Due to the equivalency <strong>of</strong> the two positions<br />

within the vacancy, the extra tungsten is disordered in the solid state over these two positions<br />

(see Figure 4.4).<br />

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