Exploring structural complexity in the discovery and self-assembly of a family of nanoscale chalcoxides from {Se8Mo36} to {Se26Mo68}

Zang, H.-Y., Purcell, J. W., Long, D.-L. , Miras, H. N. and Cronin, L. (2017) Exploring structural complexity in the discovery and self-assembly of a family of nanoscale chalcoxides from {Se8Mo36} to {Se26Mo68}. Chemical Communications, 53(61), pp. 8585-8587. (doi: 10.1039/c7cc04398h) (PMID:28718479)

Abstract

Herein, we show the controlled generation of multi-component libraries based on the [MoV2S2O2]2+/MoVIO42−/SeIVO32−/C4O42− system leading to the formation of a whole new family of nanosized molecular chalcoxides, {Se8Mo36} 1, {Se8Mo40} 2, {Se8Mo56} 3, {Se20Mo56} 4 and {Se26Mo68} 5, of the general formula {(MoV2O2S2)a(OH)b(SeIVO3)c(C4O4)d(MoVI2O7)e}n−, where a, b, c, d, e, n = [16, 20, 8, 6, 2, 20] for 1, [18, 24, 8, 6, 2, 20] for 2, [24, 32, 8, 8, 4, 24] for 3, [28, 32, 20, 8, 0, 32] for 4 and [34, 36, 26, 8, 0, 36] for 5. The coordination modulation effect offered by the SeIVO32− and the C4O42− anions lead to the generation of new building blocks, [(MoV2O2S2)3(OH)6(C4O4) (MoVI2O7)]4−, and the discovery of a new family of clusters of increasing nuclearity and complexity.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Purcell, Mr Jamie and Moiras, Professor Haralampos and Long, Dr Deliang and Cronin, Professor Lee
• Authors: Zang, H.-Y., Purcell, J. W., Long, D.-L., Miras, H. N., and Cronin, L.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry
• Journal Name: Chemical Communications
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• ISSN: 1359-7345
• ISSN (Online): 1364-548X
• Published Online: 05 July 2017
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry
• First Published: First published in Chemical Communications 53(61): 8585-8587
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons license

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64661	1	Programmable 'Digital' Synthesis for Discovery and Scale-up of Molecules, Clusters and Nanomaterials	Leroy Cronin	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)	EP/L023652/1	CHEM - CHEMISTRY
61602	1	Energy and the Physical Sciences: Hydrogen Production using a Proton Electron Buffer	Leroy Cronin	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)	EP/K023004/1	CHEM - CHEMISTRY
50329	1	Molecular-Metal-Oxide-nanoelectronicS (M-MOS): Achieving the Molecular Limit	Leroy Cronin	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)	EP/H024107/1	CHEM - CHEMISTRY
56282	1	Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre for Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation (CMAC)	Leroy Cronin	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)	EP/I033459/1	CHEM - CHEMISTRY
57739	1	Programmable Molecular Metal Oxides (PMMOs) - From Fundamentals to Application	Leroy Cronin	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)	EP/J015156/1	CHEM - CHEMISTRY
68574	1	SMARTPOM: Artificial-Intelligence Driven Discovery and Synthesis of Polyoxometalate Clusters	Leroy Cronin	European Research Council (ERC)	670467	CHEM - CHEMISTRY