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Molecular structure and reactivity of a copper(I) tetramer
Ohrenberg, Carl,Saleem, Mohammed M.,Riordan, Charles G.,Yap, Glenn P.A.,Verma, Atul K.,Rheingold, Arnold L.
, p. 1081 - 1082 (2007/10/03)
A homoleptic copper(I) tetramer, [Cu(PhTt)]4 1, is synthesized using phenyltris[(methylthio)methyl)]borate, PhTt-; X-ray analysis shows the four copper ions are nearly coplanar and each resides in an approximately tetrahedral environment; although 1 is stable towards O2, H2O and CO, it reacts with PPh3, pyridine, or [NEt4]SPh to yield the corresponding monomer, [Cu(PhTt)L] (L = PPh3 2, py 3, [NEt4]SPh 4).
