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Keywords:

  • cyclotrimerization;
  • intermediates;
  • isocyanates;
  • polyoxometalates;
  • protonation
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O- or N-protonated? The bis(μ-hydroxo)divanadium(IV)-substituted γ-Keggin-type polyoxometalate (see picture, left) (TBA)4[γ-SiVIV2W10O36(μ-OH)4] (TBA=tetra(n-butyl)ammonium) was synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Its reaction with phenyl isocyanate gave (TBA)4[γ-SiVIV2W10O38(μ-OH)2(PhNHCO)2], which contains two N-protonated phenyl isocyanate species and catalyzes the cyclotrimerization of phenyl isocyanate.