2-Picolinate-Decorated Iron-Lanthanide Heterometallic Germanotungstates Including an S-Shaped [Ge2W20O72]16- Segment

Inorg Chem. 2019 Dec 2;58(23):15853-15863. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02273. Epub 2019 Nov 14.

Abstract

A series of neoteric 2-picolinate (pic)-decorated iron-lanthanide (Ln)-embedded germanotungstates (GTs), [LnIII(H2O)8]2H2[Fe4(H2O)4v(pic)4Ge2W20O72]·34 H2O [Ln = La (1), Ce (2), Nd (3), Sm (4), Gd (5), Tb (6), Dy (7), Er (8), Tm (9)] and [Eu(H2O)8]2H2[Fe4(H2O)4(pic)4Ge2W20O72]·36H2O (10; Hpic = picolinic acid), were hydrothermally prepared. The polyoxoanions of 1-10 possess a quadri-FeIII-inserted [Fe4(H2O)4(pic)4Ge2W20O72]8- subunit with bisupporting [Ln(H2O)8]3+ cations. The quadri-FeIII-inserted [Fe4(H2O)4 (pic)4Ge2W20O72]8- subunit can be described as a particular S-shaped [Ge2W20O72]16- segment functionalized by four [Fe(H2O)(pic)]2+ cations. It should be pointed out that the carboxyl O and pyridine N atoms on pic ligands simultaneously coordinate with Fe3+ cations in a five-membered heterocyclic mode, which can enhance the stability of the structures. Moreover, fluorescent measurements of 3, 4, 6, and 10 were made, manifesting that fluorescent emissions primarily stem from Ln3+ ions. With regard to 10, energy transfer (ET) from GT and pic groups to Eu3+ centers was intensively studied. In addition, the magnetic susceptibility properties of 7 and 10 were studied.