title: Copper ion mediated selective cleavage of C-S bond in ferrocenylthiosemicarbazone forming mixed geometrical [(PPh3)Cu(μ-S)2Cu(PPh3)2] having Cu2S2 core: toward a new avenue in copper-sulfur chemistry.
abstract: Unprecedented selective cleavage of the carbon-sulfur bond of the ferrocenylthiosemicarbazone moiety has been observed for the first time, resulting in the formation of mixed geometrical binuclear copper complex [(PPh(3))Cu(μ-S)(2)Cu(PPh(3))(2)]. Upon trying direct synthesis of the title complex, an unusual tetranuclear [Cu(4)(μ(3)-Cl)(4)(PPh(3))(4)] cubane resulted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641 046, India. rpnchemist@gmail.com
authors.forename: Rathinasabapathi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prabhakaran
authors.forename: Palaniappan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kalaivani
authors.forename: Somanur V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Renukadevi
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Kittusamy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Senthilkumar
authors.forename: Ramasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karvembu
authors.forename: Karuppannan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Natarajan
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013455:Sulfur / Q000737:chemistry*; D013882:Thiosemicarbazones / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013882:Thiosemicarbazones; D013455:Sulfur; D002244:Carbon; D003300:Copper