Polyoxometalates (POMs) [
16,
17], large anionic molecular metal-oxygen clusters of the group V and VI elements, have attracted increasing interest because of their strong acid and etching ability in catalysis, magnetism, biomedicine, materials science, and nanotechnology [
18-
25]. POM ions have ideal multidentate oxygen-donor ligands toward various electrophiles, making them promising candidates for the encapsulation of polynuclear d- and f-block metal-oxo fragments, leading to products with interesting properties [
26-
30]. In this context, 3d transition metal-containing POM ions represent a large and particularly versatile subclass of POM chemistry [
31-
36]. Given the same group in the periodic table and the similar behavior in coordination chemistry, we think many POMs long known for 3d or 4f ions should be realized for the actinides. However, only a handful of uranium-containing POMs (UCPOMs) examples are known. Indeed, we are aware of only seven Dawson-type-based UCPOMs since the pioneering work of Pope
et al. in 1999, in which two [PW
9O
34]
9– groups sandwich two UO
22+ and two Na
+ cations [
37]. In particular, Pope's group has been active in this area, reporting three dimeric and one tetrameric tungstophosphate complexes in 2003, [U(
α1-P
2W
17O
61)
2]
16– (
Fig. 1a), [U(
α1-P
2W
17O
61)(
α2-P
2W
17O
61)]
16– (
Fig. 1b), [U(
α2-P
2W
17O
61)
2]
16– (
Fig. 1c), and {U
12(P
2W
15)
4} (
Fig. 1d), in which two isomeric [P
2W
17O
61]
10– units and four [P
2W
15O
56]
12– anions are linked together by one uranium and four trigonal {U
3} groups, leading to the first examples of 2:1 type and tetrahedral clusters, respectively [
38,
39]. In 2008, Kortz
et al. have reported the first uranium–peroxo derivative of 'P
6W
36' ion {U
8(P
2W
12)
3} (
Fig. 1e), in which three 'P
2W
12' units combine to a gapped ring encircling a central U
8–peroxo moiety [
40]. Recently, reaction of the macrocycle {P
8W
48} precursor with UO
2(NO
3)
2·6H
2O in formic acid buffer aqueous solution and lithium acetate solution leads to the formation of monodimensional chain constructed by {U
7.2P
8W
48} units (
Fig. 1f) and a peroxouranium-containing W
48 wheel {[(UO
2)
4(O
2)
4]
2P
8W
48} (
Fig. 1g), which is isolated by Duval
et al. and Kortz
et al. in 2019 and 2020, respectively [
41,
42].