Structure and bonding in the hydrothermally synthesized copper(I) complex Cu4(μ2-Cl)4(BIPY)2
摘要:
The title compound corresponds to a molecular product of the hydrothermal reaction of CuCl2, Zn, and BIPY (BIPY = 2,2'-bipyridine) in the presence of phosphoric acid. The structure of the neutral Complex Cu-4(mu(2)-Cl)(4)(BIPY)(2) determined by means of Xray diffraction consists of molecular units constructed around a Cu-4 parallelogram, with diagonally opposed tetrahedral and linear copper centers. DFT calculations provide a rationalization of the bonding in this molecule. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.