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Crystal Structures of Trinuclear Chlorido(N,N′-diethylthiourea)copper(I) and a Second Polymorph of Iodidotris(N,N′-diethylthiourea)copper(I)

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Reactions of N,N′-diethylthiourea (Detu) with copper(I) cyanide and copper(I) iodide in a 2:1 M ratio in acetonitrile resulted in the formation of [Cu(Detu)Cl]3·(CH3CN)0.5 (1) and [Cu(Detu)3I] (2), respectively. In compound 1 each copper atom is coordinated with one sulfur atom of Detu and with one chloride ion forming a centrosymmetric trinuclear core (Cu3S3Cl3) that exhibits a Cu–Cu separation of 2.7383(5) Ǻ indicating the existence of cuprophilic interactions. Complex 2 crystallizes with two independent molecules per asymmetric unit. Each copper atom is coordinated with three sulfur atoms of Detu and with one iodide ion in a tetrahedral arrangement.

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Reactions of N,N′-diethylthiourea (Detu) with copper(I) cyanide and copper(I) iodide in a 2:1 M ratio in acetonitrile resulted in the formation of [Cu(Detu)Cl]3·(CH3CN)0.5 (1) and [Cu(Detu)3I] (2), respectively. In compound 1 each copper atom is coordinated with one sulfur atom of Detu and with one chloride ion forming a centrosymmetric trinuclear core (Cu3S3Cl3) that exhibits a Cu–Cu separation of 2.7383(5) Ǻ indicating the existence of cuprophilic interactions. Complex 2 crystallizes with two independent molecules per asymmetric unit. Each copper atom is coordinated with three sulfur atoms of Detu and with one iodide ion in a tetrahedral arrangement.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, 54890, Pakistan

    Saeed Ahmad

  2. Institute of Physics, University of Neuchâtel, rue Emile-Argand 11, 2009, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    Muhammad Altaf & Helen Stoeckli-Evans

  3. Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Straβe der Nationen 62, 09111, Chemnitz, Germany

    Tobias Rüffer & Heinrich Lang

  4. Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan

    Muhammad Mufakkar & Abdul Waheed

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Ahmad, S., Altaf, M., Stoeckli-Evans, H. et al. Crystal Structures of Trinuclear Chlorido(N,N′-diethylthiourea)copper(I) and a Second Polymorph of Iodidotris(N,N′-diethylthiourea)copper(I). J Chem Crystallogr 40, 639–645 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-010-9710-1

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