An unexpected transmetalation intermediate: isolation and structural characterization of a solely CH3 bridged di-copper(I) complex

Molteni, Roberto; Bertermann, Ruediger; Edkins, Katharina; Steffen, Andreas

Abstract

Structural characterization of unsupported, two metal centres bridging methyl groups is rare. They have been proposed as transmetalation intermediates in cuprate chemistry, but as yet no structural evidence has been presented. We have isolated a di-copper(I) complex with solely a methyl ligand bridging two Cu(I) atoms, representing a new bonding mode of CH3.

Citation

Molteni, R., Bertermann, R., Edkins, K., & Steffen, A. (2016). An unexpected transmetalation intermediate: isolation and structural characterization of a solely CH3 bridged di-copper(I) complex. Chemical Communications, 52(28), 5019-5022. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc01510g

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 25, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Mar 17, 2016
• Publication Date: Apr 11, 2016
• Deposit Date: Apr 4, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 25, 2017
• Journal: Chemical Communications
• Print ISSN: 1359-7345
• Electronic ISSN: 1364-548X
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 28
• Pages: 5019-5022
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc01510g
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1415406