Characterization of the Catalytic Heteropoly Compounds using Solid-state NMR

Heteropoly compounds, H3PMo12O40, CsxH3-xPMo12O40, and vanadium containing heteropoly compound were characterized by Solid-state broad line 1H MAS NMR, 31P MAS NMR, and High Speed MAS 51V NMR spectroscopy of quadrupolar nuclei. The effects of calcination, dehydration, and the number of protons on the structure of heteropoly compounds were studied. The results of this study demonstrate that these Solid-state NMR techniques are very useful tools to study heteropoly compounds.