[Mo (sub)5 (super)V Mo (sub)7 (super)VI O (sub)30 (BPO (sub)4) (sub)2 (O (sub)3 P-Ph) (sub)6] (super)5-: a phenyl-substituted molybdenum(V/VI) boro-phosphate polyoxometalate

Research has been conducted on hybrid borophosphate-phenylphosphonate polyoxometalate polyanion. The authors report the hydrothermal synthesis of this compound starting from imidazole, molybdenum oxide and phosphoric, boric and phenylphosphonic acids.