title: Mixed-valent dodecanuclear vanadium cluster encapsulating chloride anions and its reaction to form a "bowl"-shaped cluster.
abstract: Two oxovanadium phosphonate cage compounds have been synthesized in an organic solvent, and their characterization has been done by single-crystal X-ray analysis, IR spectroscopy, and bond valence sum calculations. The simple reaction of a mixed-valent closed V12 cage system produced another quasi-closed system composed of two V6 bowl-type cages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. skonar@mail.chem.tamu.edu
authors.forename: Sanjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konar
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clearfield