Abstract
The reaction of [A-α-GeW9O34]10- with Ni2+ in the presence of inorganic boron sources yielded three unprecedented sandwiched Ni-added polyoxometalates (NiAPs): K6Na7H7[({Ni8(μ6-O)(OH)2}@{B3O6(OH)3}2)@(B-α-GeW9O34)2]·16H2O (1), K4Na4H12[({Ni8(μ6-O)}@{B4O8(OH)3}2)@(B-α-GeW9O34)2]·16H2O (2), and K10Na6[({Ni8(μ6-O)}@ {B6O9(OH)5}2)@(B-α-GeW9O34)2]·12H2O (3). The common feature of 1-3 is that a rare double-layered {Ni8}@{Bn}2 (n = 3,4,6) cluster is inlaid in their sandwich belts. The {Ni8} cluster is composed of two cubane {Ni4} clusters by six bridging oxygen atoms and sharing a μ6-O atom. The numbers of boron atoms in the {Ni8}@{Bn}2 (n = 3,4,6) clusters of 1-3 are different, namely, {Ni8}@{B3}2, {Ni8}@{B4}2, and {Ni8}@{B6}2 clusters. To the best of our knowledge, such architectures containing a double-layered {Ni8}@{Bn}2 (n = 3,4,6) cluster in the sandwich belts are the first observed in POM chemistry. Furthermore, 2 was investigated as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the Knoevenagel condensation of various aldehydes with malononitrile at room temperature.
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