Lewis-Base Adducts of Group 11 Metal(I) Compounds. LXI. The 1 : 1 Adducts of the Copper(I) Halides (Cl, Br, I) With Bis(2-diphenylphosphinoethyl)phenylphosphine, 'triphos'

Abstract

The 1 : 1 adducts between the copper(I) halides, CuX , X = Cl , Br, I, and the title ligand, 'triphos', Ph₂P(CH₂)₂P(Ph)(CH₂)₂PPh₂, have been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray structure determination. The three complexes are isomorphous : monoclinic P2₁/c, a ≈ 14.5, b ≈ 20.5, c ≈ 24.5 Ǻ, β ≈ 118.5°; the asymmetric unit of each structure is the binuclear [Cu₂X₂( triphos )₂] unit (with one acetonitrile solvate). Residuals were 0.047, 0.049 and 0.065 for 6006, 4832 and 5108 'observed', independent reflections respectively. About each copper atom, the four-coordinate environment comprises a terminal halogen [Cu- Cl,Br,I , 2.305(3), 2.311(2); 2.441(2), 2.443(2); 2.614(2), 2.614(2)Ǻ], two phosphorus atoms (central and distal) from the same ligand , and one distal phosphorus atom from the other ligand.