A new hybrid constructed from Dawson-like polyoxometalates and dicopper coordination compounds containing a discrete tridecameric water cluster

•A new complex consists of Dawson-like polyoxotungstates and dicopper cluster.•Complex 1 contains a new discrete tridecameric water cluster.•The magnetic property of complex 1 was also investigated.

A new organic–inorganic hybrid polyoxotungstates, [Cu2Cl(H2O)3(phen)2]2[H3SbW18O60]·7H2O (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, 1), has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, FTIR, TG, UV-DRS, XRPD, magnetic property and X-ray single crystal diffraction. The structure analyses reveal that complex 1 based on Dawson-like polyoxoanions and dicopper coordination cations exhibits 3D supramolecular network via hydrogen bonding and π–π stacking containing a new discrete tridecameric water cluster. The magnetic property of 1 was also investigated between 2 and 300 K, indicating the existence of antiferromagnetic exchange interaction between the Cu(II) centres.

Graphical abstractA new complex constructed from Dawson-like polyoxometalates and dicopper coordination compounds exhibits 3D supramolecular network via hydrogen bonding and π–π stacking, containing a discrete tridecameric water cluster.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide