Reaction of in situ generated lithium phosphides with 0.5 eq. Cu(I) is employed as a means of targeting lithium phosphidocuprates of either Gilman- or Lipshutz-type formulation – e.g., (R2P)2CuLi·n(LiX) (n = 0, 1). For R = Ph, X = CN in toluene followed by thf or R = Ph, X = I in thf/toluene an unexpected product results. [(Ph2P)6Cu4][Li·4thf]21 reveals an ion-separated structure in the solid state, with solvated lithium cations countering the charge on an adamantyl dianion [(Ph2P)6Cu4]2−. Deployment of R = Ph, X = CN in thf affords a novel network based on the dimer of Ph2PCu(CN)Li·2thf 2 with trianions based on 6-membered (PCu)3 rings acting as nodes in the supramolecular array and solvated alkali metal counter-ions completing the linkers. Cy2PLi (Cy = cyclohexyl) has been reacted with CuCN in thf/toluene to yield Gilman-type lithium bis(phosphido)cuprate (Cy2P)2CuLi·2thf 3 by the exclusion of in situ generated LiCN. A polymer is noted in the solid state.
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