Protonolysis of [(iPrO)TiMo5O18]3−: access to a family of TiMo5 Lindqvist type polyoxometalates†
Laura Coyle,Paul S. Middleton,Christopher J. Murphy,William Clegg,Ross W. Harrington,R. John Errington
Dalton Transactions Pub Date : 11/18/2011 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C1DT11256B
Abstract

The tetra-n-butylammonium (TBA) salts of [(iPrO)TiMo5O18]3−1 and [(iBuO)TiMo5O18]3−2 were prepared by hydrolysis of mixtures of (TBA)2[Mo2O7], (TBA)4α-[Mo8O26] and Ti(OR)4 (R = iPr or iBu) in acetonitrile. Treatment of (TBA)31 with alcohols ROH afforded primary and tertiary alkoxide derivatives [(RO)TiMo5O18]3 (R = Me 3, tBu 4), whilst aryloxides [(ArO)TiMo5O18]3− were prepared by reacting 1 with phenols ArOH (Ar = C6H4Me-4 5, and C6H4CHO-2 6). Oxo-bridged [(μ-O)(TiMo5O18)2]6−7 rather than the hydroxo derivative [(HO)TiMo5O18]3 was obtained upon hydrolysis of 1. X-Ray crystal structures of TBA salts of anions 3–7 show that titanium is six-coordinate in all cases, although titanium sites are disordered over two trans positions in 3. Mo–O bond length alternation is observed in the Mo4O4 planes of 4 and 7 and in one of the two independent anions in the structure of 3. In solution, 17O NMR spectra are consistent with the higher anionic charge compared to [Mo6O19]2 and reveal an order of basicity for the anions [LM′Mo5O18]3 associated with the ability of {LM′}3+ to donate/withdraw electron density from {Mo5O18}6. Protonolysis reactions of 1 and 3 were slower than for tungstate analogues and the possibility of initial protonation at TiOM (M = Mo) rather than TiOR (M = W) in a proton-assisted SN1 mechanism for ligand exchange in [(RO)TiM5O18]3 is discussed.

Graphical abstract: Protonolysis of [(iPrO)TiMo5O18]3−: access to a family of TiMo5 Lindqvist type polyoxometalates