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Published on: May 21, 2019
Syntheses and crystal structures of two copper(I)-halide π,σ-coordination compounds based on
Yurii Slyvka1, Nazariy T Pokhodylo2, Evgeny Goreshnik3
1Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Kyryla i Mefodiya, 6, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine.
Abstract:
The title compounds, di-μ-chlorido-bis-({2-[(η-2,3)-(prop-2-en-1-yl)sulfan-yl]pyridine-κN}copper(I)), [Cu2Cl2(C8H9NS)2], and di-μ-bromido-bis-({2-[(η-2,3)-(prop-2-en-1-yl)sulfan-yl]pyridine-κN}copper(I)), [Cu2Br2(C8H9NS)2], were obtained by alternating-current electrochemical synthesis starting from an ethano-lic solution of 2-[(prop-2-en-1-yl)sulfan-yl]pyridine (Psup) and the copper(II) halide. The isostructural crystals are built up from centrosymmetric [Cu2 Hal 2(Psup)2] dimers, which are formed due to the π,σ-chelating behavior of the organic ligand. In the crystals, the dimers are linked by C-H⋯Hal hydrogen bonds as well as by aromatic π-π stacking inter-actions into a three-dimensional network.
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