title: Synthetic, structural, and theoretical investigation of guanidinate complexes containing planar Cu(6) cores.
abstract: The addition of diethylcyanamide to a tetrahydrofuran solution of lithium dialkylamide LiN(CH(3))(2) or Li NCH(2)CH(2)CH(2) CH(2), Li(PYR), results in the corresponding lithium 1,1,3,3-tetraalkylguanidinate, Li(TAG). The subsequent metathesis reaction of Li(TAG) with CuCl generates hexanuclear copper(I) complexes with the general formula [Cu(mu-TAG)](6), where TAG = DEDMG (1) and DEPYRG (2).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242-0001, USA. sbunge@kent.edu
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Bunge
authors.forename: Jesus A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ocana
authors.forename: Travis L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Cleland
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Steele
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006146:Guanidines / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006146:Guanidines; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D003300:Copper