The properties of POMs can be enhanced or modified with the introduction of secondary functional groups, for example, through the covalent attachment of organic/organometallic moieties to the metal–oxo framework. Novel structural architectures and unexpected synergistic effects can be achieved from the combination of both components in a final hybrid species. Organotin groups are good candidates for the systematic derivatization of POMs because SnIV can substitute addenda metal centers in POM skeletons, and also because the Sn–C bond shows a relatively high stability to hydrolysis in aqueous media. In particular, mono-organotin moieties (RSn3+) can be easily incorporated into the vacant sites of lacunary Keggin and Wells– Dawson heteropolytungstates, resulting in polysubstituted monomeric and dimeric polyanions containing tightly bound RSn3+ functionalities. A few years ago, our group introduced the use of diorganotin units (R2Sn2+) as linkers of polytungstates and -molybdates to construct large, unprecedented assemblies (examples including monomeric to dodecameric discrete clusters), or extended materials with dimensionalities ranging from 1 to 3.
Selected Publications
- Tetra-(p-tolyl)antimony(III)-containing Heteropolytungstates, [{(p-tolyl)SbIII}4(A-α-XW9O34)2]n- (X = P, As, Ge): Synthesis, Structure and Study of Antibacterial/Antitumor Activity
Ma, T.; Yang, P.; Dammann, I.; Lin, Z.; Mougharbel, A. S.; Li, M.-X.; Adăscăliţei, F.; Mitea, R.; Silvestru, C.; Thorstenson, C.; Ullrich, M. S.; Cseh, K.; Jakupec, M. A.; Keppler, B. K.; Donalisio, M.; Cavalli, R.; Lembo, D.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2020, [Read Online] - Synthesis and Solid State Structure of Cyclobutyltellurium(IV)-Containing Dimeric Tungstoarsenates(III)
Kandasamy, B.; Bassil, B. S.; Beckmann, J.; Chen, B.; Dalal, N. S.; Kortz, U. J. Clust. Sci. 2017, 28, 825–837. [Read Online] - Tetra-Antimony(III)-Bridged 18-Tungsto-2-Arsenates(V), [(LSbIII)4(A–α-AsVW9O34)2]10− (L = Ph, OH): Turning Bioactivity On and Off by Ligand Substitution
Yang, P.; Lin, Z.; Bassil, B. S.; Alfaro-Espinoza, G.; Ullrich, M. S.; Li, M.-X.; Silvestru, C.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 3718-3720.[Read Online] - 19-Tungstodiarsenate(III) Functionalized by Organoantimony(III) Groups: Tuning the Structure-Bioactivity Relationship
Yang, P.; Lin, Z.; Alfaro-Espinoza, G.; Ullrich, M. S.; Rat, C.; Silvestru, C.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 251-258. [Read Online] - Ti2-Containing 18-Tungsto-2-Arsenate(III) Monolacunary Host and the Incorporation of a Phenylantimony(III) Guest
Wang, K.-Y.; Lin, Z.; Bassil, B. S.; Xing, X.; Haider, A.; Keita, B.; Zhang, G.; Silvestru, C.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 10530-10532. [Read Online] - Incorporation of Organotellurium(IV) in Polyoxometalates
Kandasamy, B.; Bassil, B. S.; Haider, A.; Beckmann, J.; Chen, B.; Dalal, N. S.; Kortz, U.; J. Organomet. Chem. 2015, 796, 33-38. [Read Online] - Organoantimony(III)-Containing Tungstoarsenates(III): From Controlled Assembly to Biological Activity
Yang, P.; Bassil, B. S.; Lin, Z.; Haider, A.; Alfaro-Espinoza, G.; Ullrich, M. S.; Silvestru, C.; Kortz, U. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 15600-15606. [Read Online] - Diethyltin-Containing Tungstoarsenate(V), [{Sn(C2H5)2}3(H2O)6(A-α-AsVW9O34)]3-
Piedra-Garza, L. F.; Barsukova-Stuckart, M.; Bassil, B. S.; Al-Oweini, R.; Kortz, U. J. Clust. Sci. 2012, 23, 939-951. [Read Online] - pH-Controlled Assemblies of Dimethyltin Functionalized 9-Tungstophosphates with Guanidinium as Structure-Directing Cation
Reinoso, S.; Bassil, B. S.; Barsukova, M.; Kortz, U. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 2537-2542. [Read Online] - Trilacunary A-β-Keggin tungstogermanates and –silicates functionalized with phenyltin(IV) electrophiles
Reinoso, S.; Piedra-Garza, L. F.; Dickman, M. H.; Praetorius, A.; Biesemans, M.; Willem, R.; Kortz, U. Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 248-255. [Read Online] - Selective Crystallization of Dimeric vs Monomeric Dimethyltin-Containing Tungstoarsenates(III) and – Antimonates(III) with the Guanidinium Cation
Reinoso, S.; Dickman, M. H.; Kortz, U. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 947-953. [Read Online] - Organoantimony Containing Polyoxometalate: [{PhSbOH}]3(A-α-PW9O34)2]9-
Piedra-Garza, L. F.; Dickman, M. H.; Moldovan, O.; Breunig, H. J.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 411-413. [Read Online] - Phenyltin-Substituted 9-Tungstogermanate and Comparison with its Tungstosilicate Analogue
Reinoso, S.; Dickman, M. H.; Praetorius, A.; Piedra-Garza, L. F.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 8798-8806. [Read Online] - 13-Tungstoborate Stabilized by an Organostannoxane Hexamer
Reinoso, S.; Dickman, M. H.; Matei, M. F.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46, 4383-4385. [Read Online] - Complete List of Publications