Reaction of tetracopper(I)-phosphonitocavitand with PhSeSiMe3: Synthesis and structure of a polyanionic cluster [pyH]6[(CuCl) 93-SePh)54-SePh)]

Qian Feng Zhang*, Yu Jie Liu, Richard D. Adams, Alexander Rothenberger, Dieter Fenske, Wa Hung Leung

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Abstract

Treatment of tetracopper(I)-phosphonitocavitand [1•Cu 4(μ-Cl)44-Cl)] (2) (1 = tetraphosphonitocavitand [rccc-2,8,14,20-tetrakis-(iso-butyl)- phosphonitocavitand (C44H48O8P 4Ph4)]) with PhSeSiMe3 in THF at low temperature afforded a novel polyanionic cluster [pyH]6[(CuCl) 93-SePh)54-SePh)] (4) as a major product along with a new tetracopper(I)-phosphonitocavitand (3) with a centered μ3-Cl. Molecular structure of anionic cluster in 4 consists of six PhSe- bridging ligands containing five μ3-SePh and one exceptional μ4-SePh bridging nine copper atoms, of which eight copper atoms have trigonal coordination geometry and the other has distorted tetrahedral geometry.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)445-455
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Cluster Science
Volume17
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Copper(I)
  • Copper-selenium cluster
  • Crystal structure
  • Phosphonitocavitand
  • Supramolecular chemistry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Biochemistry
  • General Materials Science

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