Tetranuclear copper(I) carboxylates: the effect of a stepwise increase in Lewis acidity on solid-state structures and photoluminescence

Oleksandr Hietsoi; Alexander S Filatov; Cristina Dubceac; Marina A Petrukhina

doi:10.1039/c1dt10848d

Tetranuclear copper(I) carboxylates: the effect of a stepwise increase in Lewis acidity on solid-state structures and photoluminescence

Dalton Trans. 2011 Sep 14;40(34):8598-603. doi: 10.1039/c1dt10848d. Epub 2011 Aug 1.

Authors

Oleksandr Hietsoi¹, Alexander S Filatov, Cristina Dubceac, Marina A Petrukhina

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222-0100, USA.

PMID: 21805000
DOI: 10.1039/c1dt10848d

Abstract

X-Ray diffraction studies of three aliphatic copper(I) carboxylates revealed a tetranuclear core structure for [Cu(4)(O(2)CCH(2)CH(3))(4)] (1), [Cu(4)(O(2)CCF(3))(O(2)CCH(2)CH(3))(3)] (2), and [Cu(4)(O(2)CCF(2)CF(3))(4)] (3). The effect of a stepwise increase in electrophilicity on solid-state interactions of copper(I) tetramers as well as the implications of structural variations on photoluminescent properties of the above copper(I) propionates have been discussed.