Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Tetra-Cobalt(II)-substituted Sandwich-type Tungstophosphate, (1,3-H2dap)2H4[Co4(1,3-Hdap)2(α-BPW9O34)2]·3H2O
A sandwich-type tungstophosphate, (1,3-H2dap)2H4[Co4 (1,3-Hdap)2(α-B-PW9O34)2] ·3H2O (1,3-dap=1,3-diaminopropane), was hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental and thermo-gravimetric analysis, and IR and UV spectroscopy. The compound presents a classical tetra-transition metal-substituted sandwich framework, [Co4(1,3-Hdap)2(α-B-PW9O34)2]8-, which contains two lacunary α-B-[PW9O34]9- Keggin units linked by a rhomblike Co4O14(1,3-dap)2 cluster lying across an inversion center. The Co2+ ions are coordinated by a mono-protonated dap ligand. Isolatedly protonated 1,3-dap units act as counter-ions interacting with the [PW9O34]9- polyanions via hydrogen bonds forming a three-dimensional framework.