title: One-Dimensional Copper(I) Coordination Polymers Based on a Tridentate Thioether Ligand.
abstract: The one-dimensional copper(I) coordination polymers Cu(3){MeSi(CH(2)SMe)(3)}(2)X(3) (X = Cl, Br) and [{MeSi(CH(2)SMe)(3)}Cu(NCMe)]Y (Y = OSO(2)CF(3), BF(4), PF(6)) were readily obtained in very good to excellent yields (80-95%) by reacting CuX or [Cu(NCMe)(4)]Y, respectively, with the tridentate thioether ligand MeSi(CH(2)SMe)(3) in acetonitrile. The new complexes were characterized by a combination of analytical and spectroscopic techniques, including electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and, for the bromo and hexafluorophosphate derivatives, single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Both complexes exhibit one-dimensional chain structures with approximately tetrahedral copper centers and bridging unidentate/bidentate thioether ligands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716.
authors.forename: Hing W.
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: Linh M.
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Eric E.
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Pullen
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rabinovich
authors.forename: Louise M.
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Liable-Sands
authors.forename: Thomas E.
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Concolino
authors.forename: Arnold L.
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rheingold