Chiral Polyoxometalate-Induced Enantiomerically 3D Architectures: A New Route for Synthesis of High-Dimensional Chiral Compounds

Two new enantiomerically chiral 3D architectures, l-(Zn(H2O)3)3[MnMo9O32]·4H2O and d-(Zn(H2O)3)3[MnMo9O32]·4H2O, have been produced from a new way. The compounds were composed of the discrete chiral [MnMo9O32]6- polyoxoanions linked by zinc(II) atoms to a 3D framework with a 2-fold interpenetrating net, which is the first examples of POM-based chiral 3D frameworks consisting of only inorganic components.