Three multi-nuclear clusters and one infinite chain induced by a pendant 4-butyl-1H-pyrazole ligand for modification of Keggin anions.

By utilizing pendant 4-butyl-1H-pyrazole (Hbpz) with an alkyl "tail"--(CH2)3CH3, four Keggin-based complexes containing different transition metal multi-nuclear clusters and an infinite chain were hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized, [Cu(I)4(bpz)4(pz)2(H6PW11Cu(II)O39)2]·10H2O (1), [Cu(II)2(bpz)2(H2O)2(H3PCu0.5Mo11.5O40)]·3H2O (2), [Ag3(bpz)2(pz)(H4SiW12O40)]·4H2O (3) and [Ag5(bpz)4(H5/2PMo12O40)2]·6H2O (4) (pz = pyrazole).