Novel heterometallic Cd/Cu complexes prepared using zerovalent copper: control of the nuclearity and structural diversity by halide counterions
Abstract
Three kinds of CdII/CuII compounds of different nuclearity: tetranuclear [Cd2Cu2I4L4(dmso)2] 1, pentanuclear [Cd2Cu3Br6L4(dmso)2] 2 and hexanuclear [Cd4Cu2Cl6L6(H2O)2] 3, have been synthesised by the reaction of zerovalent copper and cadmium halides with non-aqueous (