Issue 20, 2006

Syntheses of supramolecular CuCN complexes by decomposing CuSCN: a general route to CuCN coordination polymers?

Abstract

The solvothermal reaction of CuSCN with 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (dppe) yielded a coordination polymer, which was characterized to be a complex of CuCN and 1,2-bis(diphenylthiophosphinyl)ethane (dppeS2): [(CuCN)2(dppeS2)]n (1). The identification of complex 1 reveals that CuSCN was decomposed and the sulfur was transferred to dppe, and represents a new example of the transformation of inorganic sulfur to organic sulfur. The weak coordination interactions between CuCN and dppeS2 indicate that dppeS2 may be substituted by ligands with strong coordination ability. The ligand 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine (tpt) was chosen as a substitute ligand. Three novel CuCN coordination polymers of tpt were synthesized and characterized: [Cu2(CN)2(tpt)]n (2) with a 3-D (10,3)-a network, [Cu2(CN)2(tpt)]n (3) and [Cu2(SCN)(CN)(tpt)]n (4) both with a 2-D (6,3) network, and only complex 2 can be obtained from CuCN directly. Interestingly, compounds 2 and 3 are genuine high-dimensional supramolecular isomers. During the syntheses of 2–4, single crystals of dppeS2 were isolated, which indicates it was substituted by tpt ligand and also confirmed the transformation of sulfur from CuSCN to dppe. The transformation of sulfur can be observed only when the temperature is relative high (>160 °C). At 140 °C, complex 5 containing only CuSCN was attained and no dppeS2 has been monitored in the resulting filtrate.

Graphical abstract: Syntheses of supramolecular CuCN complexes by decomposing CuSCN: a general route to CuCN coordination polymers?

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Dec 2005
Accepted
09 Mar 2006
First published
20 Mar 2006

Dalton Trans., 2006, 2435-2443

Syntheses of supramolecular CuCN complexes by decomposing CuSCN: a general route to CuCN coordination polymers?

X. Zhou, D. Li, T. Wu and X. Zhang, Dalton Trans., 2006, 2435 DOI: 10.1039/B517969F

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