Octakis(dibutylammonium) decamolybdate(VI)

Abstract

In the title salt, (C8H20N)8[Mo10O34], the [Mo10O34]8− polyanion is located about an inversion centre and can be considered as a β-type octamolybdate anion to which two additional MoO4 tetrahedra are linked via common corners. The [Mo10O34]8− polyanions are packed in rows extending parallel to [001] and are connected to the dibutylammonium counter-cations through N—H...O hydrogen-bonding interactions.

Keywords

• crystal structure
• polyoxidometalate
• β-octamolybdate
• hybrid compound