Abstract

The first mixed antimonato-germanato polyoxovanadates were synthesized using two different strategies, highlighting the critical role of the precursors. Following the traditional route using multiple single sources as precursors the polyanions [V15Sb2Ge4O42(OH)4(H2O)]6- (1) and [V15Sb3Ge3O42(OH)3(H2O)]6- (2) are obtained, which display disorder of their Sb/Ge positions, indicating that clusters of different compositions are in equilibrium in solution. In contrast, if the water-soluble single-source precursor {Ni(en)3}3[V15Sb6O42(H2O)]·ca. 15H2O is reacted with GeO2, {Ni(en)3}3[V15Sb3Ge3O42(OH)3(H2O)]·≈9H2O (3) forms, in which Sb and Ge occupy distinct positions that might have been formed via partial substitution reactions in the {V15Sb6} precursor.

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