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Chapter 4<br />

Unpublished Results<br />

Figure 4.4. Combined polyhedral/ball-stick representation <strong>of</strong> polyanions 24 <strong>and</strong> 25<br />

emphasizing the two equivalent positions within the vacancy which is occupied by the<br />

disordered extra tungsten atom.<br />

In polyanions 24 <strong>and</strong> 25 each <strong>of</strong> the four lanthanide ions is bound to (Fe 16 P 8 W 49 ) via three<br />

μ 3 -oxo bridges coming from one Fe–O–Fe <strong>and</strong> two W–O–Fe bridges. In addition, the<br />

remaining coordination sphere is filled by five terminal aqua lig<strong>and</strong>s, giving a total<br />

coordination number <strong>of</strong> eight for each lanthanide in a distorted square-antiprismatic geometry<br />

(see Figures 4.2 <strong>and</strong> 4.5). The Eu–O bond length ranges between 2.26(3) <strong>and</strong> 2.64(3) Å in 24,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Gd–O bond length ranges between 2.29(3) <strong>and</strong> 2.53(3) Å in 25. Single-crystal XRD<br />

on the salts <strong>of</strong> polyanions 24 <strong>and</strong> 25 showed extra disordered lanthanide atoms acting as<br />

counter cations. These results were also confirmed by elemental analysis.<br />

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