Synthesis of elliptical vanadoborates housing bimetallic centers [Zn4(B2O4H2)(V10B28O74H8)]8- and [Mn4(C2O4)(V10B28O74H8)]10-

Mingmei Wu; Teresa S-C Law; Herman H-Y Sung; Jiwen Cai; Ian D Williams

doi:10.1039/b414697b

Synthesis of elliptical vanadoborates housing bimetallic centers [Zn4(B2O4H2)(V10B28O74H8)]8- and [Mn4(C2O4)(V10B28O74H8)]10-

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Apr 14:(14):1827-9. doi: 10.1039/b414697b. Epub 2005 Feb 9.

Authors

Mingmei Wu¹, Teresa S-C Law, Herman H-Y Sung, Jiwen Cai, Ian D Williams

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 15795756
DOI: 10.1039/b414697b

Abstract

The hydrothermal synthesis of three new vanadoborate compounds with elliptical (V10B28O74H8) clusters is described. The clusters contain pairs of bimetallic Zn2 or Mn2 units.