A novel cationic heteropolyoxovanadium(IV) cluster functionalized with organic ligands: synthesis and characterization of the fully reduced species [MnIIVIV6O6{(OCH2CH2)2N(CH2CH2OH)}6]Cl2

The solvothermal reaction of (HOCH2CH2)3N with [(n-C4H9)4N]3[H3V10O28] and MnCl2·4H2O in CH3CN and CH3OH yields a novel cationic heteropolyoxovanadium(IV) cluster, [MnIIVIV6O6{(OCH2CH2)2N(CH2CH2OH)}6]2+, containing a fully reduced new cyclic {MnV6N6O18} core with the Anderson structure.