Issue 11, 2022

Chiral hexamers of organically modified polyoxometalates via ionic complexation

Abstract

Anderson–Evans type polyoxometalates (POMs) that are modified on double sides with anthracene groups through the covalent linking of β-amino acid enantiomers are synthesized. The modified Anderson–Evans POMs are successfully used for the construction of chiral hexamers where a chiral spacer is added through the ion complexation of a sodium ion. The novel chiral hexamer enantiomers maintain their structure stability in organic solvents and their structures and properties are characterized by a series of physicochemical measurements. The crystals are obtained by adding excess acetonitrile as the solvent. The crystal data analysis reveals that the chirality of the two hexamers with mirror symmetry is from three chiral axes perpendicular to each other, which are fixed by one Na–O subcluster at the central position and four Na–O subclusters distributed in a tetrahedral fashion. When an achiral linker is used to replace the chiral spacers, no hexamers are detected but a one-dimensional supramolecular polymer chain emerges instead.

Graphical abstract: Chiral hexamers of organically modified polyoxometalates via ionic complexation

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Jan 2022
Accepted
18 Feb 2022
First published
19 Feb 2022

Dalton Trans., 2022,51, 4541-4548

Chiral hexamers of organically modified polyoxometalates via ionic complexation

W. Guan, B. Li and L. Wu, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 4541 DOI: 10.1039/D2DT00093H

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