Synthesis and Characterisation of Monolacunary Keggin Monovanado-deca-tungstophosphate and Its Complexes with Transition Metal Cations

Five new complexes with metal cations (Mn2+, Fe3+, Co2+, Ni2+, and Cu2+) of monolacunary Keggin monovanado-deca-tungstophosphate, K8[PVW10O39]·15H2O, have been synthesised. The molar ratio of the combination between metal cations and K8[PVW10O39]·15H2O has been established to be 1:1, and its general molecular formulas were found to be: Kn[MPVW10O39(H2O)]·xH2O (n = 5 for M = Fe3+ and n = 6 for M = Mn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, and Cu2+). Optimal conditions for complexes’ synthesis (pH, temperature, and reaction time) have been determined. The characterisation of K8[PVW10O39]·15H2O and of its compounds Kn[MPVW10O39(H2O)]·xH2O have been performed using AAS, TG-DTA-DTG, UV-VIS, IR, Raman, and powder XRD methods. In UV spectra, two maximums of absorption were obtained, at 200 and 250 nm, characteristic of Keggin polycondensate compounds. The coordination of cations Ni2+, Co2+, and Cu2+ through oxygen atoms from K8[PVW10O39]·15H2O in an octahedron system has been reflected with VIS spectroscopy. All these methods have proved the compositions and structures of K8[PVW10O39]·15H2O and Kn[MPVW10O39(H2O)]·xH2O, their similarity with other vanadotungstophosphates, and their achievements in the Keggin class. Additionally, all analysis methods have shown an increase in the degree of structural symmetry and the thermal stability of a polyoxoanion complex after attaching metal cations compared to the monolacunary, K8[PVW10O39]·15H2O