“Direct Single- and Double-Side Triol-Functionalization of the Mixed Type Anderson Polyoxotungstate [Cr(OH)₃W₆O₂₁]^6–”

in Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58(1), 106-113. Link

Nadiia I. Gumerova, Tania Caldera Fraile, Alexander Roller, Gerald Giester, Magda Pascual-Borràs, C. André Ohlin, and Annette Rompel

Abstract: Since the first successful triol-functionalization of the Anderson polyoxometalates, the protons of the central octahedron X(OH)₆ (X—heteroatom) have been considered as a prerequisite for their functionalization and therefore the functionalization of Anderson structures from the unprotonated sides have never been reported. Herein, for the first time, we organically functionalized the mixed-type Anderson polyoxometalate with real-time observation of hybrid anion formation.

A recent collaborative venture by the Boily group in the study of pine root respiration with the Näsholm group at SLU. The paper “Improved in vivo measurement of alternative oxidase respiration in Field‐Collected pine roots” is now available in Physiologia Plantarum

 

Congratulations Merve Yesilbas for a 3 MSEK Postdoctoral Research Grant from the Swedish Research Council!  Merve will be using these funds to pursue her research career with Dr. Janice Bishop of the SETI institute  in San Francisco to work on the mineralogy of planet Mars.

The Boily group thanks the Kempe foundation for a 2-year extension to our  Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry work, with group member Dmitry Shevela, on carbon isotopic signatures in minerals.

By M. Yesilbas, M. Holmboe and JF Boily

The fifth paper of Merve Yesilbas‘ 2018 Ph.D. thesis online here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8EN01156G

 

Dr Hussein Kanbar has joined the group of A/Prof. Michael Holmboe and will  be working on the molecular mechanisms behind the immobilization and preservation of sedimentary and ancient DNA (aDNA) by clay minerals.

A paper by Marie Lucas, Merve Yesilbas, Andrey Shchukarev and Jean-François Boily

“Protonation and water exchange kinetics in sandwich polyoxometalates”

in Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 13602-13607. Link.

C. André Ohlin, Magda Pascual-Borràs

Abstract: Density functional theory is used to explore the locus and consequences of protonation in [Zn4(H2O)2(PW9O34)2]¹⁰⁻ . The results are used to explain recent observations regarding the contrasting pH effects on the water-ligand exchange in [Mn4(H2O)2(P2W15O56)2]¹⁶⁻ and [Co4(H2O)2(P2W15O56)2]¹⁶⁻ , and the general effect of protonation on solvent exchange in metal oxides is discussed.

Many of us in Molecular Geochemistry participated to the Gaussian
workshop at HPC2N on May 14-15!

PECA  collaboration with JF Boily and Thomas Wågberg (Physics, Umeå University),
with lead author Alagappan Annamalai. Paper here