Heteropolymetalate

 ( Acid Catalysts ) 

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The heteropolymetalates are a subset of the , which consist of three or more transition metal linked together by shared oxygen atoms to form a closed 3-dimensional molecular framework. In contrast to isopolymetalates, which contain only one kind of metal atom, the heteropolymetalates contain differing main group oxyanions. The metal atoms are usually group 6 (Mo, W) or less commonly group 5 (V, Nb, Ta) transition metals in their highest . They are usually colorless to orange, diamagnetic anions. For most heteropolymetalates the W, Mo, or V, is complemented by main group oxyanions phosphate and silicate. Many exceptions to these general statements exist, and the class of compounds includes hundreds of examples.

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Structure Certain structural motifs recur. The Keggin ion for example is common to both molybdates and tungstates with diverse central heteroatoms. The Keggin and have tetrahedrally-coordinated heteroatoms, such as phosphorus or silicon, and the Anderson structure has an octahedral central atom, such as aluminium.

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Strandberg structure,	Keggin structure,	Dawson structure,
Anderson structure,	Allman–Waugh structure,	Weakley–Yamase structure,	Dexter–Silverton structure,

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Heteropolyacids Generally, the heteropolymetalates are more thermally robust than homopolymetalates. This trend reflects the stabilizing influence of the tetrahedral oxyanion that "glues" together the transition metal oxo framework. One reflection of their ruggedness, heteropolymetalates can be isolated in their acid form, whereas homopolymetalates typically cannot. Examples include:

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• Silicotungstic acid,
• Phosphomolybdic acid,
• Phosphotungstic acid,

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Isomerism The Keggin structure has 5 isomers, which are obtained by (conceptually) rotating one or more of the four units through 60°.

+The five isomers of the Keggin structure

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Lacunary structures The structure of some POMs are derived from a larger POM's structure by removing one or more addenda atoms and their attendant oxide ions, giving a defect structure called a lacunary structure. An example of a compound with a Dawson lacunary structure is . In 2014, vanadate species with similar, selective metal-binding properties were reported.

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Uses This type of acid is a common re-usable acid catalyst in chemical reactions.

The heteropolyacids are widely used as homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, particularly those based on the Keggin structure as they can possess qualities such as good thermal stability, high acidity and high oxidising ability. Some examples of catalysis are:"Oxide catalysts in solid state chemistry". T Okuhara, M Misono. Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry. Editor R Bruce King (1994). John Wiley and Sons

• Homogeneous acid catalysis
• hydrolysis of propene to give propan-2-ol by and
• Prins reaction by
• polymerisation of tetrahydrofuran by
• Heterogeneous acid catalysis
• dehydration of propan-2-ol to propene and methanol to hydrocarbons by
• reformation of hexane to 2-methylpentane (isohexane) by on
• Homogeneous oxidation
• cyclohexene + to adipic acid by the mixed addenda
• ketone by to acid and aldehyde by mixed addenda

Heteropolyacids have long been used in analysis and histology and are a component of many reagents e.g. the Folin-Ciocalteu reagent, folins phenol reagent used in the Lowry protein assay and EPTA, ethanolic phosphotungstic acid.

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See also

• Phosphomolybdic acid
• Phosphotungstic acid
• Silicotungstic acid

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