Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.54, No.1, 241-252, 2015
Functionalization of Krebs-Type Polyoxometalates with N,O-Chelating Ligands: A Systematic Study
The first organic derivatives of 3d-metal-disubstituted Krebs-type polyoxometalates have been synthesized under mild bench conditions via straightforward replacement of labile aqua ligands with N,O-chelating planar anions on either preformed or in situ-generated precursors. Nine hybrid clusters containing carboxylate derivatives of five- or six-membered aromatic N-heterocycles as antenna ligands have been obtained as pure crystalline phases and characterized by elemental and thermal analyses, infrared spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. They all show the general formula [{MIIL(H2O)}(2)(WO2)(2)(B-beta-XW9O33)(2)](n-) and can be classified as follows: 1-SbM, where L = 1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate (imc), X = Sb-III, n = 12, and M-II = Mn, Co, Ni, Zn; 1-TeM, where L = imc, X = Te-IV, n = 10, and M-II = Mn, Co; 2-SbNi, where L = 1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate (pzc), X = Sb-III, n = 12, and M-II = Ni; and 3-SbM, where L = pyrazine-2-carboxylate (pyzc), X =Sb-III, n = 12, and M-II = Co, Zn. The 3d-metal-disubstituted tungstotellurate(IV) skeleton of compounds 1-TeM is unprecedented in polyoxometalate chemistry. The stability of these hybrid Krebs-type species in aqueous solution has been confirmed by H-1 NMR spectroscopy performed on the diamagnetic 1-SbZn and 3-SbZn derivatives. Our systematic study of the reactivity of disubtituted Krebs-type polyoxotungstates toward diazole-, pyridine-, and diazinecarboxylates demonstrates that organic derivatization is strongly dependent on the nature of the ligand, as follows: imc displays a universal ligand character, as functionalization takes place regardless of the external 3d metal and heteroatom; pzc and pyzc show selectivity toward specific 3d metals; pyridazine-3-carboxylate and pyrimidine-4-carboxylate promote partial decomposition of specific precursors, leading to [MIIL2(H2O)(2)] complexes; and picolinate is inert under all conditions tested.