ISSN:
0009-2940
Keywords:
Sulfides
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Selenides
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Copper complexes
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Ambidentate ligands
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Chemistry
;
Inorganic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Triphenylphosphite has been converted into tris(phenylthiomethyl)phosphane (1) by reaction with LiCH2SPh/DABCO, and subsequently into the corresponding sulfide (2) and selenide (3) by treatment with elemental sulfur or selenium, respectively. Ligands 2 and 3 react with copper(I) halides CuX (X = Cl, Br, I) in polar organic solvents to give either 1:1 (X = Cl: 4, 7, X = Br: 5, 8 ) or 1:2 complexes (X = Br: 9, X = I: 6, 10). The crystal structures of five of these complexes have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. All compounds of the type [(PhSCH2)3P=S/Se]CuX (X = Cl, Br) form centrosymmetrical dinuclear complexes featuring a four-membered ring core Cu2[S/Se], fused to two five-membered rings Cu[S/Se]PCS through common trans edges. Only one of the three phenyl-thiomethyl functions is involved in coordination to a metal center. The compound [(PhSCH2)3P=S](CuI)2 (6) is associated into a centrosymmetrical tetranuclear complex containing two four-membered rings (ICu2S) bridged via iodine atoms in 1,3-cis positions. The ligand is found to employ two of its PhSCH2 functions for metal coordination, giving rise to two five-membered rings fused to the four-membered rings via neighbouring edges. In all cases, therefore, the P=S/Se functions of the ligands are the preferred donor sites, which are used for the building of bridgehead structural units of polynuclear complexes.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cber.19971300117
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