Synthesis and crystal structure of the tetranuclear copper(I) complex [Cu4I4(MPTQ)2] with a N,S,N′-tridentate ligand(MPTQ=8-((2-pyridylmethyl)thio)quinoline)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1997.821

Copper(I) iodide reacts with 8-((2-pyridylmethyl)thio) quinoline (MPTQ) to give the tetranuclear cluster complex [Cu₄I₄(MPTQ)₂] which has been structurally characterized, showing that the Cu₄I₄ core exists in a distorted chair-like structure with four copper atoms forming parallelogram which is bridged by iodine atoms on each short sides, by S, N-MPTQ on each long sides and with two additional iodine atoms face-bridging sets of three copper atoms on opposite sides of the parallelogram.