Reaction of copper(I) phenoxide with PhNCS: formation and X-ray structure of a novel copper(I) hexameric complex

Abstract

In the presence of phosphites, PhNCS inserts into the Cu1–OPh bond; the complex formed loses the phosphite and oligomerises to form a unique copper(I) hexamer hexakis[µ-{N-phenylimino(p-tolyloxy)methanethiolato} copper(I)](2), as evidenced from an X-ray crystallographic study.