Successive constructions of regular tetra-, hexa- and octanuclear microporous polyoxovanadates(iii) for gas adsorption†
Abstract
Pyrazole-assisted tetranuclear microporous polyoxovanadates(III) (POVs) (NH4)2K2[V4(μ2-OH)4(ox)4(pz)4]·9H2O (1, ox = oxalate and pz = pyrazole) and (NH4)2Na2[V4(μ2-OH)4(ox)4(4-mpz)4]·7H2O (2, 4-mpz = 4-methylpyrazole) have been constructed in reduced media, along with their triazole neutral hexa- and octanuclear products K2[V6(μ2-OH)6(ox)6(Hdatrz)6]Cl2·29.5H2O (3) and [V8(μ2-OH)8(SO3)8(Hdatrz)8]·38H2O (4, Hdatrz = 1H-1,2,4-triazole-3,5-diamine) successively. Both polyanionic structures of 1 and 2 share similar inorganic building blocks that consist of regular {V4(μ2-OH)4} skeletons with an inner diameter of 2.8 Å, while a paddle wheel-shaped cluster 3 contains a {V6(μ2-OH)6} skeleton with two chlorides encapsulated around the center of the ring, occupying a hole of 3.7 Å. An interesting isolated intrinsic polyoxometalate-based metal–organic framework (POMOF) 4 exists as an octanuclear petaloid-like skeleton {V8(μ2-OH)8(SO3)8} with an inner diameter of 5.2 Å. Bond valence sum calculations manifest that all V ions have severely reduced +3 oxidation states in 1–4, which are supported by charge balance, structural and magnetic data. Moreover, gas adsorptions indicate that 1, 2 and 4 can adsorb CO2 and O2 more favorably than N2, CH4 and H2 gases. Compared with 1 and 2, due to the functionalization of microchannels with Lewis base amino and hydroxy groups and uncoordinated azolate N-donors inside POMOF 4, it should have notable affinities toward CO2 adsorption.