O-17 MAS NMR spectra for O-17 enriched solid heteropoly acid H3PMo12O4
0 are reported. The oxygen exchange between solid (H3PMo12O40)-O-17 an
d (H2O)-O-16 vapor at 200-250 degrees is shown to be accompanied by fa
st mixing of terminal Mo=O and bridging Mo-O-Mo oxygens in the Keggin
unit. The oxygen exchange in (H3PMo12O40)-O-17 is much faster than in
(H3PW12O40)-O-17 in solution as well as in the gas phase.