Abstract
A high-nuclearity nickel-substituted polyoxotungstate, Na6K5.5H4.5 {[Ni8(OH)6(H2O)2](CO3)3(SiW9O34)2}·22H2O (1), has been obtained by the reaction of Na10[α-SiW9O34]·18H2O, Ni(NO3)2·6H2O and K2CO3 in aqueous solution and characterized by IR spectroscopy, single crystal X-ray diffraction, thermal gravimetric analysis and elemental analysis. Carbonate is not only used to adjust the pH of the solution, but also is a structure-stabilizing agent. The polyoxoanion {[Ni8(OH)6(H2O)2](CO3)3(SiW9O34)2}16- (1a) can be regarded as two {[Ni4(OH)3(H2O)](SiW9O34)} subunits connected by three carbonate groups, which represents the first polyanion containing an octanuclear nickel cluster based on trivacant Keggin-type polyoxotungstate {XW9} (X = heteroatom). The subunit {[Ni4(OH)3(H2O)](SiW9O34)} can be viewed as a tetranuclear nickel cluster linked to a trivacant Keggin-type polyoxotungstate {SiW9O34}. Furthermore, magnetic measurements show that 1 exhibits antiferromagnetic interactions.
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