A novel tetranuclear thiolato-copper cluster anion with a two-dimensional molecular interaction

Abstract

Bis(N-methylpyridinium) tris[4,5-dimercapto-1,3-dithiole-2-thionato(2—)]tetracopper(I) has dimerized anion units with interanionic Cu–S and S–S contacts which further interact with each other through several nonbonded S–S contacts to form a two-dimensional molecular sheet in the solid as shown by an X-ray crystal structure determination.