Copper complexes structural characterization

Although considerable effort has gone into the preparation and structural determination of sulfur-containing copper complexes, definitive characterization of binuclear complexes containing a mercaptide bridge has proved exceedingly difficult. Two major problems which manifest this difficulty are the tendency for Cu(II) to readily oxidize mercaptans... 

Using a deprotonated hydroxyiminoamide ligand, Kruger and co-workers33 structurally characterized a discrete copper(III) compound (6). The square-planar structure is retained even in solution. Absorption and redox properties of this complex were also investigated. 

Cu-Cu 3.153 A).279 They also structurally characterized a complex similar to complex (310) (r = 0.17), with a water molecule as solvent of crystallization and without the N02 substituent in the ligand.279 Neves et al.2S0 reported an interesting structure (complex (318)) in which the two phenol oxygen atoms remain protonated and coordinate to copper in an axial fashion. 

A list of structurally characterized copper(I) complexes of tripodal aliphatic amines is provided in Table 4 (cf. Section 6.6.3.1.1 for corresponding mononuclear or dinuclear copper(II) complexes). Copper(II) complexes [(L)CuCl]Cl (664) and [(L)Cu(MeCN)][C104]2 (665) with the ligand that is present in complex (662) were also structurally characterized.522... 

Copper(l) analogues [(L)Cu(MeCN)][CF3S03] (747) [yellow, four-coordinate (two amine donors, one of the two pyridinyl groups and an MeCN] and [(L)Cu(MeCN)][BF4] (748) [red, five-coordinate (two tertiary amine, two pyridinyl and an MeCN] [L as that in copper(II) complex (241)] were structurally characterized and redox properties of these complexes were also investigated.224... 

The copper-alkoxo unit, which is usually synthesized in situ, plays a significant role in metal-promoted transformations of organic substrates by copper(I). To determine the reaction form of the Cu-OPh unit, Floriani and co-workers structurally characterized four complexes (772) (pseudotetrahedral Cu-Cu 3.223 AT (773) (pseudotetrahedral), (774) ( anion linear coordination) and (775) (planar trigonal).57 Using 3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-l-thia-4-cycloheptyne as terminal ligand the structural characterization of a copper(I)-alkyne complex (776) (Cu-Cu 2.940 A) was reported.573... 

The copper(I) complexes [Cu(L)] (786) [L as in Cu11 complex (426)], and (787) (L as in Cu11 complex (427)], were also structurally characterized.365 From the standpoint of aggregation behavior of copper(I) thiolates579 through substituent size and ancillary chelate ligands, Kaim... 

Using 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane, the structure of complex (800) (distorted trigonal planar Cu-Cu 6.739 A) was determined. Reactivity with 02 was investigated to demonstrate the formation of trans-l,2-peroxo species.585 As part of their work with copper(I) complexes with 02, the structure of a dicopper(I) complex ((801) distorted tetrahedral 7.04 A), supported by macrocyclic ligand environment, was reported by Comba and co-workers. Tolman and co-workers structurally characterized a three-coordinate copper(I)-phenoxide complex (802) (planar T-shaped) that models the reduced form of GO.587 The copper(I) analogue [Cu(L)][CF3-SO3]-0.43MeOI I (803) of a copper(II) complex (534) was also reported to demonstrate the role of ligand framework conformability in CV /Cu1 redox potentials.434 Wilson and co-workers... 

The pyrazole phosphazine ligand, hexakis(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)cyclotriphosphazene (16) forms a dizinc complex, that has been structurally characterized, and the analogous copper zinc complex.158 Two ZnCl2 units are coordinated, one distorted tetrahedral and one distorted trigonal-bipyramidal, separated by 7.51 A. Cu1 and ZnCl2 can also be coordinated giving a heteronuclear compound with a Zn Cu separation of 6.798 A. 

Alkynylcoppers constitute a class of compounds relevant to several synthetic organic reactions,47 where they have been proposed as key intermediates. The interest in this area has supposed that the number of structurally characterized alkynylcopper complexes has considerably expanded in the last few years. The most common route toward alkynylcoppers is based on the reaction of a terminal alkyne with a copper source, either a salt or an organocopper compound (Equations (8) and (9)). 

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