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[(DPEPhos)(bcp)Cu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
(Formato-κO)bis-(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')copper(II) formate hexa-hydrate
Wei Xu1, Jian-Li Lin, Hong-Zhen Xie
1State Key Laboratory Base of Novel Functional Materials & Preparation Science, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title compound, [Cu(CHO(2))(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)]CHO(2)·6H(2)O, the Cu atom is coordinated in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal fashion by an O atom of the formate ligand and four N atoms of two phenanthroline ligands with Cu-O and Cu-N distances of 2.020 (3) and 1.978 (3)-2.177 (3) Å, respectively. Hydrogen bonding O-H⋯O between water molecules and between water anions as well as π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances between phen rings = 3.38 (7) and 3.40 (5) Å] are responsible for the supra-molecular assembly.
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