Lewis-Base Adducts of Groups 11 Metal(I) Compounds. LXII. The Crystal Structures of the 1 : 1 Adducts of Copper(I) Chloride, Bromide and Thiocyanate With Quinoline

Abstract

Adducts (1 : 1) of copper(I) chloride, bromide and thiocyanate with quinoline have been synthesized and have been the subject of single-crystal X-ray structure determinations at 295 K. Crystals of the chloride are orthorhombic, P 2₁2₁2₁, a 15.358(7), b 14.309(6), c 3.801(2)Ǻ, Z 4; R was 0.055 for 541 'observed' reflections. Crystals of the bromide are monoclinic, C2/c, a 19.417(5), b 14.048(4), c 15.753(6) Ǻ, β 125.31(2)°, Z 4 tetramers; R was 0.049 for 1138 'observed' reflections. Crystals of the thiocyanate are monoclinic, P 2₁/c, a 5.682(1), b 10.412(2), c 16.838(5)Ǻ, β 97.48(2)°, Z 4 f.u .; R was 0.045 for 914 'observed' reflections. The chloride takes the form of the common 'stair' polymer, unexpectedly, while the thiocyanate is an expanded version of the same. The bromide provides a second example of a novel tetrameric 'basket' structure exemplified previously by the iodide analogue.