摘要

A planar hexanuclear cobalt ring was clamped by two bivacant alpha(1)-[PW10O37](9-) with the assistance of the pyridazine bridges to form a novel sandwiched Co(II)-polyoxometalate cluster compound, [Na(H2O)(6)]-[Co-3(OH) (pydz)(4)(H2O)(7)][Co-6(PW10O37)(2)(pydz)(4)(H2O)(6)]center dot 43H(2)O (1; pydz = pyridazine).This cluster was identified by X-ray single-crystal diffraction, elemental analysis, Fourier transform IR and UV-visible spectroscopies, and cyclic voltammetry (CV). Structural analysis reveals that 1 comprises a hexahydrated sodium, a trinuclear [Co-3(OH) (pydz)(4)(H2O)(7)](5+) cationic cluster, and an anionic [Co-6(PW10O37)(2)(pydz)(4)(H2O)(6)](6-) sandwiched cluster, thus giving an intrinsical intercluster compound. The isolation of such cluster was dependent on the in situ transformation of trivacant [alpha-P2W15O56](12-) to alpha(1)-[PW10O37](9-) under the hydrothermal condition. The CV shows reversible multielectron waves from the redox of W-VI in 1. Cluster 1 exhibits remarkable electrocatalytic activity toward the reduction of nitrite. Magnetism studies indicated a weak anti-ferromagnetic exchange interaction between Co(II) ions within 1.