A. Muller et al., [(Mo12O30)-O-V(mu(2)-OH)(10)H-2{Ni-II(H2O)3}4], a highly symmetrical epsilon-Keggin unit capped with four Ni-II centers: Synthesis and magnetism, INORG CHEM, 39(23), 2000, pp. 5176
The novel title compound {(Ni4Mo12v)-Mo-II} demonstrates the concept of gen
erating targeted spin topologies using reduced polyoxometalates: The four e
lectrophilic nickel centers-forming a tetrahedron-are fixed by a nucleophil
ic highly reduced diamagnetic epsilon -Keggin cluster of T-d symmetry gener
ated in solution. This cluster not only has a structural role but actually
participates in the transmission of the exchange interaction.