Two new Müller-type clusters, a one-dimensional solid [Cu(en)]24[Cl ⊂V15O36]−12H2O1, and a three-dimensional solid [Cu(pn)]24[Cl ⊂V18O42]·12H2O2, have been synthesised by employing identical hydrothermal conditions except varying the nature of organic diamine.1 crystallised in a chiral space groupP212121 witha = 12.757(1),b = 18.927(2) andc = 28.590(3) Å, andZ =4.2 crystallised in a tetragonal system with space groupP4/nnc,a = 15.113(1) andc = 18.542(3) Å, andZ = 2. Mixed-valent vanadium ions in structures1 and2 have been established both by magnetisation and bond-length bond-valence measurements. Chemistry of formation of high nuclearity polyoxovanadate clusters is discussed.
