Abstract
A new wheel-shaped polyoxometalate {[W 5O 21] 3[(U VIO 2) 2(μ-O 2)] 3} 30- has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The calculated electrostatic potential reveals the protonation of several μ-oxo bridges reducing the polyoxometalate total charge. A protonated structure computed at the density functional level of theory (DFT) is in good agreement with the experimental fit. This species presents a classical polyoxometalate electronic structure with well-defined metal and oxo bands belonging to its U/W and oxo/peroxo constituents, respectively. Furthermore, fragment calculations indicate that the electronic structures of the uranyl-peroxide and polyoxotugstate fragments are little affected by the nanowheel assembly.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8784-8790 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Inorganic chemistry |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 16 |
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| State | Published - Aug 20 2012 |