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Bis(acetonitrile-kappaN)bis[hydridotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl- kappaN2)-borato]di-mu3-sulfido-tetra-mu2- sulfidodi-mu2-thiocyanato-kappa2N:S;kappa 2S:N-tetracopper(I)ditungsten(VI)
Reactions of (Et4N)[Tp*WS3] [Tp*is hydridotris(3,5-di-methyl-pyrazol-1-yl)borate] with CuSCN in MeCN in the presence of melamine afforded the title neutral dimeric cluster [Cu 4W2(C15H22BN6) 2(NCS)2S6(C2H3N) 2] or [Tp*W(2-S)2(3-S)Cu(2-SCN)(CuMeCN)]2, which has two butterfly-shaped [Tp*WS3Cu2] cores bridged across a centre of inversion by two (CuSCN)- anions. The S atoms of the bridging thio-cyanate ligands inter-act with the H atoms of the methyl groups of the Tp*units of a neighbouring dimer to form a C-H…S hydrogen-bonded chain. The N atoms of the thio-cyanate anions inter-act with the H atoms of the methyl groups of the Tp*units of neighbouring chains, affording a two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network.
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Copper catalysis in organic synthesis – NCBI,
Special Issue “Fundamentals and Applications of Copper-Based Catalysts”