Abstract
AbstractMolecular metal oxo or oxo/alkoxo clusters, MwOx(OH/OR)y(L/X)z (L or X = organic ligands), can often be isolated upon (partial) hydrolysis of metal alkoxides. Investigation of such clusters leads to a better understanding of the basic processes of sol–gel chemistry. The ligands not only stabilize the cluster core but also influence to some extent the cluster structures. They can easily change their position on the cluster surface, thus adapting to changing cluster geometries, and can be exchanged under certain conditions. A close inspection of titanium oxo/alkoxo cluster structures, taken as an informative example, shows that Ti3O units (with or without organic ligands) are the basic building blocks. Clusters with higher nuclearities appear to be predominantly formed by cluster–cluster or by cluster–monomer condensations. Ligand substitution or condensation reactions within a cluster unit are also possible.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Condensed Matter Physics,Biomaterials,General Chemistry,Ceramics and Composites,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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