Using linear, rather than cyclic, anhydrides was key to synthesising the carboxylic acid functionalised hybrid polyoxometalates
Leroy Cronin and colleagues at the University of Glasgow report a high yield synthesis of carboxylic acid functionalised clusters by reacting Mn-Anderson hybrid polyoxometalates, substituted by an amine group, with anhydride precursors. The terminal acid groups make it possible for the clusters to bind to hydrophilic glass surfaces. Developing understanding of the surface interactions of these hybrids may have potential implications in the development of hybrid based thin films for solar cells.
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Programming the assembly of carboxylic acid-functionalised hybrid polyoxometalates
Marie Hutin, Carine Yvon, Jun Yan, Andrew Macdonell, De-Liang Long and Leroy Cronin
CrystEngComm, 2013
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE26816K, Paper
You may also be interested in the 2012 Dalton Transactions Polyoxometalates themed issue, that was guest edited by De-Liang Long and Leroy Cronin.
