Synthesis of the first Zn<sub>6</sub>-hexagon sandwich-tungstoantimonate <i>via</i> rearrangement of a non-lacunary Krebs-type polyoxotungstate

Author(s)
Elias Tanuhadi, Alexander Roller, Gerald Giester, Ioannis Kampatsikas, Annette Rompel
Abstract

A novel synthetic pathway to obtain the first Zn

6 hexagon tungstoantimonate [(Zn(H

2O))

6(B-α-SbW

9O

33)

2]

6− ([Zn

6-α-SbW

9] (1)) via rearrangement of a non-lacunary Krebs-POM precursor (C

12N

4H

11)

4K

4[(Mn(H

2O)

3)

2((Mn

0.5W

0.5)O

2)

2(B-β-SbW

9O

33)

2] ([Mn-β-SbW

9]) has been developed. Addition of ortho-phenylenediamine (opda) in order to optimize the synthesis of [Mn-β-SbW

9] led to the crystallization of a novel Krebs-type Zn-POM (C

12N

4H

11)

4Na

5[((Zn

0

8W

0.2)(H

2O)

3)

2((Zn

0.2W

0.8)O

2)

2(B-β-SbW

9O

33)

2] ([(Zn/W)

2-β-SbW

9] (2)) comprising four disordered Zn-centers after replacement of MnCl

2 with ZnCl

2. The compounds were characterized in the solid state by single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and elemental analysis and in solution by UV-vis spectroscopy and ESI-mass spectrometry. The Krebs-POM archetype and the Zn

6 hexagon tungstoantimonate have been investigated towards their interactions with Human Serum Albumin (HSA) as a model protein using SDS-PAGE and trypthophan fluorescence quenching.

Organisation(s)
Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Core Facility Crystal Structure Analysis, Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
Journal
Dalton Transactions
Volume
47
Pages
15651-15655
No. of pages
5
ISSN
1477-9226
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/c8dt02787k
Publication date
10-2018
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
104004 Chemical biology, 104001 General chemistry, 105113 Crystallography
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Inorganic Chemistry
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/ca6d01e7-e687-4d3a-8d5d-6cda0c22bd46