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[(DPEPhos)(bcp)Cu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
Bis(3,4-dimethoxy-benzoato-κO,O')(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')copper(II)
Abstract:
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Cu(C(9)H(9)O(4))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))], contains one half-mol-ecule, the complete mol-ecule being generated by a twofold rotation axis. The Cu(II) atom exhibits a six-coordinated distorted octa-hedral geometry with two N atoms from the phenanthroline ligand [Cu-N 2.007 (2) Å] and four O atoms from two 3,4-dimethoxy-benzoate ligands [Cu-O 1.950 (1) and 2.524 (1) Å]. The difference in Cu-O bond distances indicates a strong Jahn-Teller effect. In the crystal, C-H⋯π inter-actions result in chains of mol-ecules along the c axis.
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