Manipulation of ordered nanostructures of protonated polyoxometalate through covalently bonded modification.
Manipulation of ordered nanostructures of protonated polyoxometalate through covalently bonded modification.
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10.1002/chem.201001674
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2010-11
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Yongliang Wang;Xiao-Le Wang;Xinjun Zhang;N. Xia;Bo Liu;Jie Yang;Wei-Ru Yu;Minbiao Hu;Miao Yang;Wei Wang
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Yongliang Wang;Xiao-Le Wang;Xinjun Zhang;N. Xia;Bo Liu;Jie Yang;Wei-Ru Yu;Minbiao Hu;Miao Yang;Wei Wang
Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a unique class of metal–oxygen clusters (metal= MoVI, WVI, VIV, V, etc.) with an unmatched range of structural architectures and attractive functionalities that give rise to a variety of applications in diverse fields, such as analytical chemistry, catalysis, materials science, and medicine.[1] Nevertheless, the relatively poor compatibility of POMs with other materials and their relatively poor processability as inorganic crystalline materials hinder the further engineering of conventional POMs into novel materials with ordered structures to optimize their specified functionalities. In previous decades, therefore, much effort has been directed towards modification through covalent linkages of organic motifs onto POMs.[2] It has been demonstrated that organically modified POM-based hybrid materials not only combine the advantages of organic molecules and inorganic clusters, but also result in a significant synergistic effect through the construction of POM-containing nanostructures.[3] Therefore, exploration of new covalently modified hybrids has great significance with some potentially attractive functions, such as proton conduction, electron transfer, and framework materials. To further facilitate POM applications in hybrid materials, it is important to attach appropriate organic motifs to POMs to constitute and manipulate POM-containing ordered nanostructures in the solid state. Dendrimers and monodendrons are a class of the most influential motifs widely employed in the construction of diverse nanostructures that are able to be programmatically manipulated by controlling their unique molecular architectures.[4] In past decades, some dendrons have been employed in the fabrication of some POM-containing hybrids with diverse nanostructures.[5] The significance of these studies is to demonstrate the correlation between supramolecular structures and properties. However, so far there are only two examples of covalently connected dendron–POM hybrids.[6] Herein, we report the novel design and synthesis of a new type of dendron-POM-dendron hybrid in which the POMs are directly covalently linked with two low-generation dendrons. By controlling molecular structure of the hybrids by linking different generation dendrons to the POMs, we can construct and manipulate highly ordered layer or cylinder structures that contain the protonated POMs in bulk samples. Of the available POM clusters, the distinctive tetrabuACHTUNGTRENNUNGtyl-ACHTUNGTRENNUNGammonium (TBA) salt of the Mn-Anderson POM anion {MnMo6O18ACHTUNGTRENNUNG [(OCH2) 3CNH2] 2} 3À (Tris-POM-Tris)[7] was selected as the starting inorganic building block. Importantly, the amine groups on the both sides of the cluster can be used for further organic modification. Meanwhile, the firstand second-generation dendrons of poly (benzyl ether)(PBE; g1-COOH and g2-COOH in Scheme 1), which contain a carboxyl group at their focal point and two or four 14-carbon alkyl groups on the periphery, were selected as the organic building blocks because their different shapes allow self-organization into diverse ordered structures.[8] To create the target hybrid molecules, the dendrons were covalently linked to Tris-POM-Tris by amidation between amine and carboxyl groups. The reaction was performed at room temperature for two weeks in the presence of 1-ethyl-3-(3-di-ACHTUNGTRENNUNGmethACHTUNGTRENNUNGylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC· HCl)/ACHTUNGTRENNUNG1-hydroxybenzotrizole (HOBt) in N, N-dimethylform-ACHTUNGTRENNUNGamide (DMF).[9] After careful purification by repeated precipitation, newly formed hybrids …