Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.42, No.12, 3709-3711, 2003
A novel organic-inorganic hybrid based on a dinuclear copper complex supported on a keggin polyoxometalate
The autoassembly process of copper-oxalate dimers and Keggin type polyoxometalates leads to the first example of a new family of organic-inorganic hybrids, K-14[{Cu-2(bpy)(2)(mu-ox)}{SiW11O39Cu(H2O)}](2)[SiW11O39Cu(H2O)].similar to55H(2)O. This compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/m, a = 37.932(6) Angstrom, b = 21.303(3) Angstrom, c = 12.546(2) Angstrom, beta = 106.16(1)degrees, Z = 2. The crystal structure reveals the presence of a polymeric hybrid built up of alternating dimer and polyoxometalate entities.