The assembly of heterometallic cluster
substituted polyoxometalates
(POMs) remains a great challenge for inorganic synthetic chemistry
up to now. Herein, a series of 5p–4f heterometallic cluster
substituted POMs were successfully isolated by a facile one-step hydrothermal
reaction method, namely H17(H2en)3[SbIII
9SbVLn3O14(H2O)3][(SbW9O33)3(PW9O34)]·28H2O(1-Ln, Ln = Ce, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy) (en = ethylenediamine).
Interestingly, by replacing en with imidazole, another series of 5p–4f
heterometallic cluster substituted POMs H13(HIm)4K2Na4(H2O)9[SbIII
9SbVLn3O14(H2O)3][(SbW9O33)3(PW9O34)]·26H2O (2-Ln,
Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Im = imidazole) were obtained. Structural
analyses indicate that both 1-Ln and 2-Ln are made up of an unprecedented 5p–4f heterometallic {Sb10Ln3O14(H2O)3}
cluster stabilized simultaneously by mixed trilacunary heteropolyanions
including {A-α-PW9O34} and {B-α-SbW9O33}. Impedance measurements indicate that both
compounds exhibit different proton conduction properties, and the
conductivity of 2 can reach up to 1.64 × 10–2 S cm–1 at 85 °C under 98%
relative humidity. Moreover, the fluorescence emission behaviors of
both compounds have been studied.