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[(DPEPhos)(bcp)Cu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
Zhi-Rong Luo1, Fei-Long Hu, Yue Zhuang
1Department of Chemistry, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The title complex, [Cu(2)(C(13)H(11)F(2)N(6)O)(2)](ClO(4))(2), which was hydro-thermally synthesized, contains a binuclear copper cluster (2 symmetry) with a Cu(2)O(2) rhombus [Cu-O = 1.927 (2) Å] formed by donation of two O atoms from two chelate rings. The tridentate function of each ligand is completed by two N atoms coordinated to the two Cu(II) atoms [Cu-N = 1.933 (2) Å]. The separation distance of two Cu(II) atoms in a cluster is 2.988 (1) Å. The dihedral angle between the six-membered chelate rings is 2.13 (9)°. The perchlorate counter-anion is disordered over two sites in a 0.58 (10):0.42 (10) ratio.
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