A Nanosized Gly‐Decorated Praseodymium‐Stabilized Selenotungstate Cluster: Synthesis, Structure, and Oxidation Catalysis

A flexible one-pot strategy with pyramidal SeIV heteroatoms was employed for the assembly of the praseodymium-containing gly-decorated polyoxotungstate [{Pr3(H2O)10[Se2W22O76(gly)2]}2(Se2W7O30H2)]18− (1 a), which is constructed from one {Se2W7O30H2} unit and two identical {Pr3(H2O)10[Se2W22O76(gly)2]} units. Furthermore, the catalytic performance of Cs2Na4H12[{Pr3(H2O)10[Se2W22O76(gly)2]}2(Se2W7O30H2)]⋅25 H2O (1) for alkene epoxidation with hydrogen peroxide was investigated under mild reaction conditions, and the experimental results suggested that compound 1 exhibits good catalytic performance for the epoxidation of cyclooctene.