[NH4](4)H[(PMo8V4V2O42)-V-IV-O-V] . 24H(2)O has been hydrothermally sy
nthesized from ammonium vanadate and sodium molybdate in aqueous solut
ion by adding phosphorous acid, and its structure determined by single
crystal X-ray analysis. The heteropoly molybdovanadophosphate anion i
s a bicapped 'pseudo-Keggin' polyanion, two vanadium atoms are distrib
uted at two 'capping' metal atom positions and other four vanadium ato
ms randomly distributed at eight metal atom positions. (C) 1998 Elsevi
er Science Ltd. All rights reserved.