SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DAWSON-TYPE TUNGSTOPHOSPHATE HETEROPOLY COMPLEXES SUBSTITUTED BY NIOBIUM

Eight new complexes alpha(2)-M(7-m)H(m)[P2W17NbO62]. H2O and alpha-1, 2, 3-M(g-m)H(m) [P2W15Nb3O62]. XH(2)O(M=K, TMA, TEA, TBA) were synthes ized and characterized by IR and UV spectroscopy, polarography, XPS an d XRD methods. P-31 and W-183 NMR studies show that the niobium atoms in the anions are on the polar sites. The crystal of alpha-1, 2, 3-K7H 2 [P2W15Nb3O62]. 30H(2)O is hexagonal, its cell parameters: a=1.9836(4 ), b=1.9836(9), c=1.5498(6)nm, alpha=beta=90 degrees, gamma=120 degree s.