Reinterpretation of five recent crystal structures of heteropoly and isopoly complexes: divanadodecamolybdophosphate, trivanadoenneamolybdophosphate, ".gamma.-dodecatungstophosphate", the dodecamolybdate-dodecamolybdomolybdate blue complex, and dihydrogen
Reinterpretation of five recent crystal structures of heteropoly and isopoly complexes: divanadodecamolybdophosphate, trivanadoenneamolybdophosphate, ".gamma.-dodecatungstophosphate", the dodecamolybdate-dodecamolybdomolybdate blue complex, and dihydrogen
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DOI:
10.1021/ic00172a024
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发表时间:
1984-02
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4.6
通讯作者:
H. T. Evans;Michael T. Popev
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作者:
H. T. Evans;Michael T. Popev
When one of us published in 1971 a review of the heteropoly and isopoly complex molecular structures, 1 25 crystal structure determinations had appeared, of which only 11 were com-pletely described. Since then some 100 such determinations have been reported, mostly of high quality. This literature, which forms the foundation for our understanding of the chemistry of this class of compounds, is generally not subject to ambiguity or varying interpretations. However, as Marsh and Shoemaker2 recently showed, occasionally a crystal structure study does fall into errors of procedure and interpretation that can lead to major chemical misunderstanding. We draw attention here to four such flawed studies concerned with isopoly and heteropoly complexes.Divanadodecamolybdophosphate, 3 [PV2Mo10O40] $", Trivanadoenneamolybdophosphate, 3 [PVjMt^ O^] 6", and “7-Dodecatungstophosphate”, 4 [PWjjO^] 3· All of these tungstate and vanadomolybdate complexes are described as a so-called new complex similar to the Keggin molecule but having higher, octahedral symmetry and more clathrate character, with the P04 group in disorder within the molecule. Although the structure of the tungstate complex described is not well refined, 4 it is clear that this molecular structure is virtually identical with that in the vanadomolybdate complexes, which were described in detail. 3 We conclude from internal evidence in the latter report that both consist of an ordinary Keggin molecule in full twofold disorder within the crystal.