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Chapter 5<br />
Published Results<br />
resulting in icosahedral geometry. Since then some other POMs containing faceshared<br />
octahedra have been reported, but this feature still remains rare. 15<br />
- One ditungstate {W 2 } subunit (pink in Figure 5.4) made <strong>of</strong> two edge-shared [WO 6 ]<br />
octahedra connected through two μ 2 -oxo bridges. These two types <strong>of</strong> the ditungstate<br />
subunits (face- <strong>and</strong> edge-shared octahedra) are connected through an edge <strong>and</strong> a<br />
corner forming a tetratungstate {W 4 } fragment (see Figure 5.4).<br />
- Three monotungstate {W 1 } fragments (red in Figure 5.4), which are connected to each<br />
other or to other fragments through corners.<br />
The {W 3 } subunit shares two corners with each <strong>of</strong> two adjacent {W 1 } subunits, one <strong>of</strong> them<br />
shares a corner with the {W 4 } subunit <strong>and</strong> the other one with the third {W 1 } subunit to build<br />
up the decatungstate {W 10 } unit, <strong>of</strong> which two are present in 26 (see Figures 5.3 <strong>and</strong> 5.4).<br />
Polyanion 26 represents the first example <strong>of</strong> a tellurium-containing polyanion exhibiting<br />
face-shared WO 6 octahedra <strong>and</strong> a coordination number <strong>of</strong> four for Te. Each tellurium(IV) ion<br />
is linked to the {W 10 } unit through three -oxo bridges <strong>and</strong> to the other {W 10 } unit through<br />
another -oxo bridge (see Figure 5.2). The eight -oxo bridges <strong>of</strong> the two tellurium(IV) ions<br />
can be described as follows:<br />
- A bridge to the {W 3 } subunit.<br />
- A bridge to the {W 2 } subunit (face-shared octahedra).<br />
- A bridge to the {W 2 } subunit (edge-shared octahedra).<br />
- Three bridges to the three {W 1 } subunits.<br />
- And two bridges to two {W 1 } subunits <strong>of</strong> the other {W 10 } unit.<br />
As shown in Figure 5.3, one tellurium(IV) ion is linked to two {W 2 } subunits <strong>and</strong> to one<br />
{W 1 } subunit. The other tellurium(IV) ion is linked to two other {W 1 } subunits <strong>and</strong> to the<br />
{W 3 } subunit. All these individual fragments are well-known. However, the {W 10 } unit in 26,<br />
which represents an assembly <strong>of</strong> distinct ‘building blocks’ (see Figure 5.4), has not been<br />
reported before. Most <strong>of</strong> the known polyanions containing face-shared octahedra are<br />
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