Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 15, 2026

Synthesis and Purification of Iodoaziridines Involving Quantitative Selection of the Optimal Stationary Phase for Chromatography
Published on: May 16, 2014
Hexa-kis-(μ(3)-1-methyl-thio-urea-κ(3)S:S:S)hexa-kis-[iodidocopper(I)]
Saeed Ahmad1, Muhammad Mufakkar, Islam Ullah Khan
1Department of Chemistry, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan.
Abstract:
The title compound, [Cu(6)I(6)(C(2)H(6)N(2)S)(6)], was obtained from the reaction of copper(I) iodide with N-methyl-thio-urea (Metu) in equimolar amounts in acetonitile. The complex consists of two six-membered trinuclear Cu(3)S(3)I(3) cores that combine through triply bridging Metu, forming a hexa-nuclear core which has -3 symmetry. The Cu(II) atom is coordinated by three S atoms of Metu and one iodide ion in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The crystal structure is stabilized by N-H⋯I hydrogen bonds and cuprophilic inter-actions [Cu⋯Cu = 3.0264 (9) Å].
More Related Videos
09:54Chemoselective Preparation of 1-Iodoalkynes, 1,2-Diiodoalkenes, and 1,1,2-Triiodoalkenes Based on the Oxidative Iodination of Terminal Alkynes
Published on: September 12, 2018
09:35Preparation of a Corannulene-functionalized Hexahelicene by Copper(I)-catalyzed Alkyne-azide Cycloaddition of Nonplanar Polyaromatic Units
Published on: September 18, 2016
Related Concept Videos
Preparation and Reactions of Sulfides
Structural Isomerism
Isomers are different chemical species that have the same chemical formula. Structural isomerism of coordination compounds can be divided into two subcategories, the linkage isomers and coordination-sphere isomers.
Linkage isomers occur when the coordination compound contains a ligand that can bind to the transition metal center through two different atoms. For example, the CN− ligand can bind through the carbon atom or through the nitrogen atom. Similarly, SCN− can be...
Structure and Nomenclature of Thiols and Sulfides
Stereoisomerism
Isomers are different chemical species that have the same chemical formula.
Transition metal complexes often exist as geometric isomers, in which the same atoms are connected through the same types of bonds but with differences in their orientation in space. Coordination complexes with two different ligands in the cis and trans positions from a ligand of interest form isomers. For example, the octahedral [Co(NH3)4Cl2]+ ion has two isomers (Figure 1) In the cis...
Formation of Complex Ions
Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals II