title: A [Cu(16)S(10)](4-) cluster containing mu(3)- and mu(4)-sulfido ligands.
abstract: An anionic, "naked" copper sulfide cluster, [Cu(16)S(10)](4-), was synthesized by treating multi-copper starting materials with the hydrosulfide salt, (nBu(4)N)SH. The sixteen copper atoms in [Cu(16)S(10)](4-) are arranged in a square gyrobicupola with eight mu(3)- and two mu(4)-sulfido ligands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 620 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK 73019, USA.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhaodong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Houser