Patent ID: 8080493
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: C01G,C01P,C07B

Abstract:
1. Polyoxometalate (POM) represented by the formula or solvates thereof, wherein A represents a cation, n is the number of the cations, m is the charge of the polyanion, M represents a transition metal selected from Pd, Pt, Au, Rh, Ir and mixtures thereof, X represents a heteroatom selected from As, Sb, Bi, P, Si, Ge, B, Al, Ga, S, Se, Te and mixtures thereof, R is a group covalently bound to X, provided X is P, As, Si or Ge, and is independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocyclylalkyl and heteroarylalkyl, wherein each of said alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl and heterocyclyl can be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups which can be the same or different, each group being independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, —CF q is the number of R ranging from 0 to 8 and y is the number of oxygen atoms ranging from 32 to 40.