A redox-active inorganic crown ether based on a polyoxometalate capsule.

ABSTRACT: Cation-uptake has been long researched as an important topic in materials science. Herein we focus on a molecular crystal composed of a charge-neutral polyoxometalate (POM) capsule [Mo^VI₇₂Fe^III₃₀O₂₅₂(H₂O)₁₀₂(CH₃CO₂)₁₅]³⁺ encapsulating a Keggin-type phosphododecamolybdate anion [α-PMo^VI₁₂O₄₀]^3-. Cation-coupled electron-transfer reaction occurs by treating the molecular crystal in an aqueous solution containing CsCl and ascorbic acid as a reducing reagent. Specifically, multiple Cs⁺ ions and electrons are captured in crown-ether-like pores {Mo^VI₃Fe^III₃O₆}, which ex

SUBMITTER: Tamai N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208027 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature