Synthesis and Characterization of the Organoiodocuprate Complexes [Li(THF)4][2,6-Mes2H3C6Cu2I2] (Mes = C6H2-2,4,6-Me3) and (Et2O)2Li{ICuC6H3-2,6-Trip2} (Trip = C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr3)
摘要:
Treatment of CuI with 2 equiv of LiC6H3-2,6-Mes(3) (Mes = C6H2-2,4,6-Me-3) in Et2O/THF solution affords the species [Li(THF)(4)][2,6-Mes(2)H(3)C(6)CU(2)I(2)] (1), which was characterized by H-1, Li-7, and C-13 NMR spectroscopy and by X-ray crystallography. An analogous reaction involving CuI and 1 equiv of LiC6H3-2,6-Trip(2) (Trip = C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr-3) gives the contact ion-pair species (Et2O)Li{ICuC6H3-2,6-Trip(2)} (2), which was characterized similarly. Compounds 1 and 2 represent very rare instances of well-characterized organohalocuprate species. The unique structure of the anion in 1 features two copper iodides bound to the ipso-carbon of the m-terphenyl ligand -C6H3-2,6-Mes(2). The organic group interacts almost equally strongly with each copper, and there is a very short Cu-Cu distance of 2.391(3) Angstrom. The copper in compound 2 is bound in an almost linear fashion by an iodide and an ipso-carbon atom from the ligand -C6H3-2,6-Trip(2). The iodide is also bound to a lithium ion (which is solvated by two ethers) such that there is an unusually narrow interligand angle Li-I-Cu = 95.5(2)degrees at the iodide.