New organophosphonate derivatives of monovacant Keggin-type polyoxotungstates that contain naphthyl groups have been synthesized and characterized in both solid state and solution. Single-crystal structural analysis shows that two phosphonate groups occupy the vacant position of the lacunary cluster unit in the isostructural compounds [N(C4H9)4]3[H(POC11H9)2(α-HBW11O39)] (TBA-1) and [N(C4H9)4]3...

The efficacy of a variety of polyoxometalate anions in selectively precipitating the infectious isoform of the prion protein (PrPSc) over the normal, cellular protein (PrPC) was tested as a means of improving the sensitivity of a conformation-dependent immunoassay (CDI). Experiments utilizing neutralized aqueous solutions containing MgCl2.6H2O and Na2H[PW12O40] (1) indicated that use of the for...

The acidity and its effects on reactivity of Keggin-type heteropolycompounds were examined by catalytic probe reactions, microcalorimetry of ammonia sorption, and density functional quantum chemical calculations. Phosphotungstic, phosphomolybdic, silicotungstic, and silicomolybdic acids were used as model compounds. The specific rates of double-bond isomerization of both 1-butene and cis-2-bute...

Two polyoxometalate Keggin-type anions, alpha-PM12O40(3-) (M = Mo, W), were transferred to the gas phase by electrospray; their electronic structure and stability were probed by photoelectron spectroscopy. These triply charged anions were found to be highly stable in the gas phase with large adiabatic electron detachment energies of 1.7 and 2.1 eV for M = Mo and W, respectively. The magnitude o...

Two pairs of enantiomerically pure three-dimensional (3D) chiral polyoxometalate (POM) framework materials l,d-[K(H2O)]6·[H2GeW12O40]3·35H2O (1a and 1b) and l,d-[K(H2O)]6·[H2SiW12O40]3·29H2O (2a and 2b) based on inorganic achiral building blocks, have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography, elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), UV-Vis spectroscopy, circular d...

Keggin-type aluminum-oxo polycations are effective coagulating agents for wastewater treatment. Previous work demonstrated that heteroatom substitution in ε-Al13 polycation leads to the formation of ε-GaAl12 and ε-GeAl12 can enhance removal bacteria, DOC, turbidity from wastewater. Additional hydrolysis species creates larger Al30 improves coagulation performance, but this aspect has not been e...

A series of tetrabutyl ammonium (TBA) salts V-included Keggin-type polyoxoanions with W (TBA4PW11V1O40 and TBA5PW10V2O40) Mo (TBA4PMo11V1O40 TBA5PMo10V2O40) as addenda atoms were prepared using a hydrothermal method. These synthesized materials characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance (DRS UV-Vis), thermogravimetric an...