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[(DPEPhos)(bcp)Cu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
Poly[[{μ(3)-dihydrogen [(pyridin-4-yl-methyl-imino)-bis-(methyl-ene)]diphos-phon-ato-κO:O',N,O'':N'}copper(II)]
Shi-Yong Zhang1, Zhong-Gao Zhou, Ke-Jun Wang
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title polymer, {[Cu(C(8)H(12)N(2)O(6)P(2))]·2H(2)O}(n), the geometry of the five-coordinate Cu(II) ion can best be described as slightly distorted square-pyramidal formed by one N and two O atoms of an N(CH(2)PO(3)H)(2) group and one N atom from a pyridine ring. The elongated apex of the pyramid is occupied by one O atom from a third diphospho-nate ligand. The inter-connection of Cu(2+) ions by the diphospho-nate ligands results in the formation of a double-chain array along the b axis, in which the two sub-chains are inter-locked by pairs of PO(3) groups. The outside of each sub-chain is decorated by other PO(3) groups. These double chains are further assembled into a three-dimensional supra-molecular architecture via a large number of O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the phospho-nate groups and lattice water mol-ecules.
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