Volume 49, Issue 44 pp. 8249-8252
Communication

A {Cu2S}2+ Mixed-Valent Core Featuring a CuCu Bond

Dr. Stéphane Torelli

Dr. Stéphane Torelli

Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, UMR 5249, CEA, DSV/iRTSV/LCBM Bat K', 17, avenue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France), Fax: (+33) 4-3878-9124

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Dr. Maylis Orio

Dr. Maylis Orio

Equipe de Chimie Théorique, Département de Chimie Moléculaire, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, UMR 5250, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)

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Dr. Jacques Pécaut

Dr. Jacques Pécaut

Laboratoire de Reconnaissance Ionique et Chimie de Coordination—(UMR-E 3 CEA-UJF), SCIB/INAC, CEA-Grenoble, 17, avenue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)

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Dr. Hélène Jamet

Dr. Hélène Jamet

Equipe de Chimie Théorique, Département de Chimie Moléculaire, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, UMR 5250, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)

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Dr. Laurent Le Pape

Dr. Laurent Le Pape

Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, UMR 5249, CEA, DSV/iRTSV/LCBM Bat K', 17, avenue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France), Fax: (+33) 4-3878-9124

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Dr. Stéphane Ménage

Dr. Stéphane Ménage

Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, UMR 5249, CEA, DSV/iRTSV/LCBM Bat K', 17, avenue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France), Fax: (+33) 4-3878-9124

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First published: 17 September 2010
Citations: 31

We thank Colette Lebrun for assistance in recording mass spectra and Lionel Dubois for access to the UV/NIR spectrophotometer.

Graphical Abstract

Not so far away from me: Reductive cleavage of a disulfide ligand with CuI leads to the formation of a new mixed-valent CuIICuI complex (see picture). Combined X-ray and theoretical investigations highlight the presence of a striking Cu2S core containing a CuCu bond, and solution studies also indicate a high degree of delocalization.

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