Chiral Dodecanuclear Palladium(II) Thio Cluster: Synthesis, Structure, and Formation Mechanism Explored by ESI-MS and DFT Calculations.

The chiral dodecanuclear palladium(II) thio cluster LaPd12(C3H5NO2S)3(C3H6NO2S)21 (1) was prepared by reacting l-cysteine (l-Cys) with PdCl2 and La2O3 in aqueous solution under carefully controlled conditions. Compound 1 was structurally characterized by single-crystal XRD, TGA, IR, UV-vis, (13)C NMR, and CD spectroscopy. Insight into the dimerization process of 1 was obtained by ESI-MS and DFT calculations.

Sulfur-centred polyoxoniobate-based 3D organic-inorganic hybrid compound and its magnetic behavior.

The first sulfur-centered polyanion {SNb8V9.25O45.25} was isolated, which is covalently extended by cobalt complexes into a three-dimensional (3D) architecture. Moreover, the resulting 3D organic-inorganic hybrid compound orders as a weak ferromagnet at low temperature.

Probing the Self-Assembly Mechanism of Lanthanide-Containing Sandwich-Type Silicotungstates [{Ln(H2O)n}2{Mn4(B-α-SiW9O34)2(H2O)2}](6-) Using Time-Resolved Mass Spectrometry and X-ray Crystallography.

The reaction of [γ-SiW10O36](8-) with Mn(2+) and Ln(3+) in an aqueous solution led to the isolation of a series of new lanthanide-containing sandwich-type polyoxometalates (POMs) [{Ln(H2O)n}2{Mn4(B-α-SiW9O34)2(H2O)2}](6-) (1-5a) (Ln = La (1), Nd (2), Gd (3), Dy (4), Er (5); n = 5, 6), which crystallize in the space groups C2/c with a = 33.0900(2)-32.9838(15) Å, b = 12.8044(10)-12.7526(6) Å, c = 22.8273(17)-22.6368(11) Å, V = 9669.2(12)-9519.7(8) Å(3), Z = 2 (1, 2); P1̅ with a = 11.9502(4)-11.8447(6) Å, b = 13.2203(4)-13.1164(5) Å, c = 15.8291(5)-15.8524(7) Å, V = 2221.25(13)-2189.95(18) Å(3), Z = 1 (3, 4, 5), respectively. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that they consist of two-dimensional networks based on a sandwich-type polyanion [Mn4(B-α-SiW9O34)2(H2O)2](12-) (6a, {Mn4(SiW9)2}) and lanthanide cations (Ln(3+)), which are further connected into three-dimensional frameworks by potassium cations for 3, 4, and 5. The unprecedented combination of time-resolved electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) studies and X-ray crystallography allows us not only to directly observe the in-solution rearrangement of divant anion [γ-SiW10O36](8-) into the sandwich-type POM 6a via an intermediate species [Mn3(B-ß-SiW8O30(OH))(B-ß-SiW9O33(OH))(H2O)](12-) (7a, {Mn3(SiW8)(SiW9)}) from ESI-MS results, but also to gain the solid-state structures of intermediate and final product isolated from reaction solutions from X-ray crystallography results, from which the self-assembly mechanism of the lanthanide-containing sandwich-type POMs 1-5a was proposed.

Ti7-containing, tetrahedral 36-tungsto-4-arsenate(III) [Ti6(TiO6)(AsW9O33)4]20-.

We have prepared the Ti7-containing, tetrahedral 36-tungsto-4-arsenate(III) [Ti6(TiO6)(AsW9O33)4](20-) (1) by a simple, one pot procedure. Polyanion 1 contains a novel Ti7-core, comprising a central TiO6 octahedron surrounded by six TiO5 square-pyramids, and capped by four {As(III)W9} trilacunary fragments. The title polyanion is solution-stable, as shown by (183)W NMR and mass spectrometry, and exhibits interesting biological properties.

Symmetry breaking of α-[H2W12O40](6-) depends on the transformation of isopolyoxotungstates.

Two enantiotopic 1D chain compounds, [Cu3(L1)3(H2O)2(H2W12O40)]·4H2O (1a,b; L1 = 2-(4,6-bis(pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-2-yl)pyridine), crystallizing in the chiral space group P212121 were prepared and spontaneously resolved in the absence of any chiral source. Interestingly, compounds 1a,b can be prepared from a [W7O24](6-) aqueous solution, [(n-C4H9)4N]4[W10O32], or Na10[H2W12O42], but when [H2W12O40](6-) aqueous solution was the starting material, the achiral compound [CuL1]2[H4W12O40]·5H2O (2) was obtained. When a terpyridine ligand (L2) having a coordination mode similar to that of L1 was used, the mesomeric dimer [Cu3(L2)3(H2O)(H2W12O40)]2·4H2O (3) was obtained from [W7O24](6-) aqueous solution or Na10[H2W12O42], but from [H2W12O40](6-) aqueous solution only compound [Cu2(L2)2Cl2]2[W10O32] (4) was isolated. It is notable that in compounds 1a,b and 3 the symmetry of the α-[H2W12O40](6-) cluster is broken by asymmetric coordination with metal-organic units in a similar mode. As the asymmetric subunit based on a tridecorated [H2W12O40](6-) cluster can be obtained from several isopolyoxotungstate sources except for [H2W12O40](6-), we speculate that the symmetry breaking of α-[H2W12O40](6-) depends on the transformation of isopolyoxotungstates. Furthermore, during the transformation a possible reaction intermediate as the precursor for 1a,b, compound [Cu3(L1)3(H2O)3(H4W11O38)] (5), has been presented and characterized by density functional theory (DFT) calculations.

Cation-induced synthesis of new polyoxopalladates.

Seven polyoxopalladate compounds, [Pd(15)(SeO(3))(10)(µ(3)-O)(10)](10-), with Na(+) (1) and K(+) (2) as counterions, and Na(6)[M(II){Pd(12)(SeO(3))(8)(µ(4)-O)(8)}]·nH(2)O (M = Co (3), Zn (4), Ni (5), Cu (6), Mn (7); n = 7-9), have been prepared and characterized by SXRD, FT-IR, UV-vis, EA, TGA, and ESI-MS. These compounds comprise two distinct cluster configurations, {Pd(15)} and {M(II)Pd(12)}, which reveals the possibility of obtaining desired noble metal clusters with a certain nuclearity by using different cations as potential structural directing or template agents in synthesis. All compounds showed apparent absorptions in the visible light region, while 3 and 7 were found to show paramagnetic behavior typical of mononuclear Co(II) and Mn(II) complexes with zero-field splitting.