The title compound [Ag 4 I 4 (C 21 H 21 P) 4 ], crystallizes on a centre of symmetry. Each Ag atom is surrounded by one phosphine ligand and three iodide anions, forming a distorted tetrahedral configuration. The Ag-P distance is 2.4666 (7) A ˚and the Ag-I distances are 2.7972 (6), 2.8322 (10) and 3
Tetra-μ3-iodo-tetrakis[(tri-tert-butylphosphine)copper(I)]
✍ Scribed by Medina, Iliana ;Mague, Joel T. ;Fink, Mark J.
- Publisher
- International Union of Crystallography
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1600-5368
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✦ Synopsis
The title compound, [Cu 4 I 4 (C 12 H 27 P) 4 ], recovered from an attempt to prepare triisopropylsilylthiolato(tri-tert-butylphosphine)copper(I), is found to be tetrameric with a distorted heterocubane structure, one of the body diagonals of the cube being a crystallographic threefold rotation axis.
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