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[(DPEPhos)(bcp)Cu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
Penta-aqua-(1H-benzimidazole-5,6-di-carboxyl-ato-κN)copper(II) penta-hydrate
Qian Gao1, Wei-Hong Gao, Chao-Yan Zhang
1College of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The title compound, [Cu(C(9)H(4)N(2)O(4))(H(2)O)(5)]·5H(2)O, contains one crystallographically independent Cu(II) atom and one 1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxyl-ate (bdc) ligand, along with five coordinated and five uncoordinated water mol-ecules. The Cu(II) atom is six-coordinated by one N atom from the bdc ligand and five O atoms from water mol-ecules, giving an octa-hedral coordination geometry. Hydrogen bonds link the mononuclear complex and uncoordinated water mol-ecules into a three-dimensional network.
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