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1999

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Cubane Tetrameric Complexes Of Copper(I) Chloride And Bromide With Triphenyl Phosphite, Robert D. Pike, William H. Starnes Jr., Gene B. Carpenter Jan 1999

Cubane Tetrameric Complexes Of Copper(I) Chloride And Bromide With Triphenyl Phosphite, Robert D. Pike, William H. Starnes Jr., Gene B. Carpenter

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The crystal structures of tetra-/z3-chloro-tetrakis[(triphenyl phosphite-P)copper(I)], [CunC14(CI8HI503P)4], and tetra-#3-bromo-tetrakis [ (triphenyl phosphite-P) - copper(I)], [Cu4Br4(CI8H1503P)4], are described. Both have distorted 'cubane' CuaX4 cores. Distortion of the cubane structure is reflected in X--Cu--X angles > 90 ° and Cu--X--Cu angles < 90 °, and is more pronounced in the bromide complex.