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[(DPEPhos)(bcp)Cu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
catena-Poly[[(2,2'-bipyridine-κN,N')copper(I)]-μ-cyanido-κC:N-[(2,2'-bipyridine-κN,N')copper(I)]-μ-thio-cyanato-κS:N]
Jun Zhao1, Wen-Wen Dong, Dong-Sheng Li
1College of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Functional Materials Research Institue, Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The title compound, [Cu(2)(CN)(SCN)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)](n), contains two crystallographically independent Cu(I) atoms, each in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry. Each Cu atom is coordinated by a bidentate chelating 2,2'-bipyridine ligand. A bridging cyanide anion links the two Cu(2,2'-bipyridine) units to form a binuclear unit. Adjacent binuclear units are connected by a thio-cyanate anion into a one-dimensional helical chain along [010]. The cyanide anion is disordered, with each site occupied by both C and N atoms in an occupancy ratio of 0.61 (5):0.39 (5). The S atom of the thio-cyanate anion is also disordered over two sites, with occupancy factors of 0.61 (3) and 0.39 (3). There are π-π inter-actions between the pyridyl rings of neighbouring chains [centroid-centroid distance = 3.82 (1) Å].
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