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[(DPEPhos)(bcp)Cu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
Poly[{μ(2)-1,2-bis-[4-(3-pyrid-yl)pyrimidin-2-ylsulfan-yl]ethane}di-μ(2)-cyanido-dicopper(I)]
Abstract:
The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Cu(2)(CN)(2)(C(20)H(16)N(6)S(2))](n), contains one Cu(I) cation, one cyanide ligand and half of a centrosymmetric 1,2-bis-[4-(3-pyrid-yl)pyrimidin-2-ylsulfan-yl]ethane (bppe) ligand. The Cu(I) atom displays a trigonal coordination geometry, being surrounded by one C atom from one cyanide anion and two N atoms from one cyanide and one bppe ligand. In the complex, each cyanide anion links two Cu(I) atoms in a bis-monodentate mode into a zigzag [-Cu-CN-](n) chain. Two parallel chains are linked by bppe ligands into a ladder chain.
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