Homoleptic Copper(I) Alkoxide and Phenoxide Clusters Stabilized by Intramolecular Pi-Coordination: Tetrameric o-Allylphenoxocopper(I) and Hexameric 2-Methyl-3-buten-2-oxocopper(I)
Journal article, 1998

Built-in pi-alkene functionalities have been found to yield homoleptic copper(I) phenoxide and alkoxide clusters exhibiting tetrameric cubane-or hexameric ribbon-shaped structures. While tetrameric o-allylphenoxocopper(I) (1) is remarkably stable, retains its structure in solution, and resists carbonylation, hexameric methylbutenoxocopper(I) (2) dissolves in such a way that era-bridged copper(I) is retained, whereas pi-alkene-copper(I) coordination is destroyed, leaving copper(I) free to accept carbon monoxide as a ligand.

clusters

pi-coordination

alkoxide

phenoxide

copper(I)

Author

Mikael Håkansson

Cesar Lopes

Susan Elisabeth Jagner

Department of Inorganic Chemistry

Organometallics

0276-7333 (ISSN) 1520-6041 (eISSN)

Vol. 17 2 210-215

Subject Categories

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1021/om9706572

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10/7/2017