Abstract
A new bicadmium-substituted vanadosilicate, [Cd(en)2]2[(en)2Cd2Si8V12O40(OH)8(H2O)0.5]·5H2O (1; en = ethylenediamine), had been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized. Structural analysis revealed that the kind of new [(en)2Cd2Si8V12O40(OH)8(H2O)0.5]4- polyoxoanionic cluster was derived from the classical {V18O42} cluster by replacing six {VO5} square pyramids with four {Si2O7} and two [Cd(en)]2+ groups. Notably, such mixed substitution of both main-group and transition metals in polyoxovanadates is much less developed. Furthermore, compound 1 displays efficient catalytic activity toward the selective oxidation of styrene to benzaldehyde with a conversion of 97% and a selectivity of 87% in 8 h.
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