title: Non-Aqueous Microwave-Assisted Syntheses of Deca- and Hexa-Molybdovanadates.
abstract: We report a new approach for the synthesis of heterohexa- and heterodecametalates via the use of non-aqueous, microwave-assisted reaction conditions. The two novel molybdovanadates have been isolated and characterized in the solid and solution states using single-crystal X-ray diffraction, FT-IR, UV/Vis, multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, and ESI-MS. The relative stabilities of the possible structural isomers were probed using dispersion-corrected DFT calculations for both polyoxometalate systems.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3821-0738
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spillane
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Rupali
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zavras
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Manufacturing, Bayview Avenue, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.|Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden.
authors.forename: C André
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ohlin
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goerigk
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Richard A J
authors.initials: RAJ
authors.lastname: O'Hair
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1640-6406
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ritchie
keywords: microwave chemistry; polyoxometalates; solution dynamics; spectroscopy; structural reorganization