“…From a practical point of view, the heterogenization or immobilization of POM-based acid and oxidation catalysts is expedient owing to the ease of recycling and separation of these catalysts from the reaction products. Some of the modified POMs with organic functional groups such as thiol, vinyl, and methacryl groups can be used as precursors for the immobilization of POMs [6][7][8][9][10][11].Recently, the molecular structures of Dawson POMbased organic-inorganic hybrid compounds such as [a 2 -P 2 W 17 O 61 {(RSi) 2 O}] 6À (Group A compounds with the terminal functional groups: R = HSC 3 H 6 , and NCSC 3 H 6 [12], and Group B compounds with the terminal olefins: R = {CH 2 @C(CH 3 )COO(CH 2 ) 3 } and {CH 2 @CHCOO-(CH 2 ) 3 } [13]) have been determined. The immobilization of some POM in Group A is attained by direct reaction of, e.g., the terminal HS-group with noble metal plates such as gold and platinum.…”