Molybdate Dihydrate Research Articles

Synthesis and characterization of Anderson-Evans type polyoxometalates, antibacterial properties.

In the present work, the new aluminium-substituted polyoxometalates of the Anderson-Evans type have been prepared and structurally defined by the reaction of aluminium (III) chloride hexahydrate and sodium tungstate dihydrate/sodium molybdate dihydrate in an aqueous basic medium. Elemental analysis, FT-IR, TGA, 1H NMR, and 31P NMR analysis revealed that these polyoxometalates had the following formula: [Ph4P]3[Al(OH)6Mo6O18]·4H2O 1, [Ph4P]3[Al(OH)6W6O18]·4H2O 2, [C7H10N]3[Al(OH)6Mo6O18]·4H2O 3, [C7H10N]3[Al(OH)6W6O18]·4H2O 4. The compounds 1 and 2 show promising antibacterial activity against gram-positive Staphylcoccus aureus ATCC 25923 and gram-negative Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 bacteria.

Synthesis, structure and the e.s.r. spectrum of the mixed-valence molybdovandate Na2(NH4)4[(VIVVV8Mo)O28] · 10H2O

The mixed-valence molybdovanadate compound Na2(NH4)4[VIVVV8Mo)O28] · 10H2O [Vanadata(6-)tetradeca-μ-oxotetra-μ3-oxodi-μ6-oxoheptaoxo(oxomolybdate) nonatetrammonium disodium, decahydrate] has been synthesized from sodium molybdate(VI) dihydrate and sodium metavanadate dihydrate in aqueous solution by adding NH2OH · HCl. The molecular structure has been determined by X-ray diffraction and is based on the isopolydecavanadate structure. The molybdate atom is crystallographically disordered over 6MO6 octahedral sites. The e.s.r. spectrum clearly indicates that one vanadium atom has the oxidation number +4.