Distorted tetrahedral complexes of copper(I) and copper(II) displaying N2S2 co-ordination. X-Ray crystal structure of [2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]bis[2-(ethylthio)ethyl]aminecopper(I) tetraphenylborate

Kenneth D. Karlin, Phillip L. Dahlstrom, Mary Louise Stanford, Jon Zubieta

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Abstract

Reaction of the appropriate copper starting material with the new N 2S2 ligand [2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]bis[2-(ethylthio)ethyl] amine (pea) (A) which is constrained to pseudo-tetrahedral co-ordination, yields the CuI and CuII derivatives, [Cu(pea)]+ and [Cu(pea)]2+; the CuII species shows low energy d-d absorption bands suggesting a distorted co-ordination geometry and the X-ray structure of the CuI derivative confirms a pseudotetrahedral co-ordination environment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)465-467
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1979
Externally publishedYes

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