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SUBMITTER: Cameron JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5033398 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cameron Jamie M JM Vilà-Nadal Laia L Winter Ross S RS Iijima Fumichika F Murillo Juan Carlos JC Rodríguez-Fortea Antonio A Oshio Hiroki H Poblet Josep M JM Cronin Leroy L
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20160707 28
The reactions of [γ-SiW10O36](8-) represent one of the most important synthetic gateways into a vast array of polyoxotungstate chemistry. Herein, we set about exploring the transformation of the lacunary polyoxoanion [β2-SiW11O39](8-) into [γ-SiW10O36](8-) using high-resolution electrospray mass spectrometry, density functional theory, and molecular dynamics. We show that the reaction proceeds through an unexpected {SiW9} precursor capable of undertaking a direct β → γ isomerization via a rotati ...[more]