Copper Ion Mediated Selective Cleavage of C-S Bond in Ferrocenylthiosemicarbazone Forming Mixed Geometrical [(PPh3)Cu(mu-S)(2)Cu(PPh3)(2)] Having Cu2S2 Core: Toward a New Avenue in Copper-Sulfur Chemistry

Prabhakaran R; Kalaivani P; Renukadevi SV; Huang R; Senthilkumar K; Karvembu R; Natarajan K

Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.51, No.6, 3525-3532, 2012

DOI10.1021/ic2022616 Export Citation

Copper Ion Mediated Selective Cleavage of C-S Bond in Ferrocenylthiosemicarbazone Forming Mixed Geometrical [(PPh3)Cu(mu-S)(2)Cu(PPh3)(2)] Having Cu2S2 Core: Toward a New Avenue in Copper-Sulfur Chemistry

Prabhakaran R, Kalaivani P, Renukadevi SV, Huang R, Senthilkumar K, Karvembu R, Natarajan K

Unprecedented selective cleavage of the carbon sulfur bond of the ferrocenylthiosemicarbazone moiety has been observed for the first time, resulting in the formation of mixed geometrical binuclear copper complex [(PPh3)Cu(mu-S)(2)Cu(PPh3)(2)]. Upon trying direct synthesis of the title complex, an unusual tetranuclear [Cu-4(mu(3)-Cl)(4)(PPh3)(4)] cubane resulted.