Abstract
A new compound containing a cubane tungsten chalcogenide cluster [W4(μ3-Te)4(CN)12]6- and Ca2+ complex units has been prepared by the reaction of aqueous solution of K6[W4(μ3-Te)4(CN)12] · 5H2O with the solution of a Ca(NO3)2 and phen(1,10-phenanthroline) (1:2 molar ratio) in a solvent mixture of H2O/EtOH. The structure of [{Ca(phen)2(H2O)}{Ca(phen)(H2O)4}{Ca(phen)2(H2O)3}][W4Te4(CN)12] · 5H2O 1 has been determined by X-ray crystallography. Compound 1 contains [{Ca(phen)(H2O)4}{Ca(phen)2(H2O)3}][W4(μ3- Te)4(CN)12] units bridged by {Ca(phen)2(H2O)}2+ units to form an one-dimensional zigzag chain structure. Interestingly, compound 1 showed a heterogeneous catalytic activity in the transesterification of a range of esters with methanol under the mild conditions. Moreover, it can be reused without any loss of activity through 10 runs with ester.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1885-1890 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Inorganica Chimica Acta |
Volume | 361 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 20 May 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support from the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation (ABRL R14-2003-014-01-001-0 and R01-2005-000-10490-0(2005)), The Seoul R&BD Program, and the Korea Research Foundation (KRF-2004-005-C00093 and 2006-312-C00569) is gratefully acknowledged.
Keywords
- Alkaline earth metal complex
- Heterogeneous catalytic activity
- K[WTe(CN)] · 5HO
- Transesterification