Tetra-, Di-, and Mononuclear Copper(I) Complexes Containing (S,S)-iPr-pybox and (R,R)-Ph-pybox Ligands

• Published in: Inorganic chemistry Vol. 45; no. 25; pp. 10043 - 10045
• Main Authors: DíEZ, Josefina, GAMASA, M. Pilar, PANERA, María
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 11.12.2006
• ISSN: 0020-1669; 1520-510X
• DOI: 10.1021/ic061453t

Tetranuclear [Cu4I4{(S,S)-iPr-pybox}2] (1) and dinuclear [Cu2Cl-{(S,S)-iPr-pybox}2][CuCl2] (2) copper(I) complexes have been synthesized by reaction of iPr-pybox with CuI and CuCl, respectively. Furthermore, dinuclear [Cu2(R-pybox)2][PF6]2 [R-pybox = (R,R)-Ph-pybox (3), (S,S)-iPr-pybox (4)] and mononuclear complexes [Cu(R-pybox)2][PF6] [R-pybox = (R,R)-Ph-pybox (5), (S,S)-iPr-pybox (6)] have been prepared by reaction of [Cu(MeCN)4][PF6] and the corresponding pybox. The structures of complexes 1-3 have been determined by X-ray diffraction analyses.