A heterometallic ‘super-sandwich’ containing a novel hexagonal Cu6 unit at the centre: synthesis and X-ray structure determination of [{MeC(CH2PPh2)3}CoP3](CuBr)6[P3Co{(Ph2PCH2)3CMe}]·2CH2Cl2
Abstract
The reaction of CuBr with [(triphos)CoP3][triphos = 1,1,1-tris(dipenylphosphinomethyl)ethane]gives [(triphos)CoP3](CuBr)6[P3Co(triphos)], which has been shown by a single crystal X-ray study to consist of two (triphos)CoP3 units held together by a hexagonal Cu6 fragment.