Gas phase inorganic synthesis: copper sulfide cluster anions react with phosphorus, P₄ , to generate copper compounds with P_mS_n ligands

Abstract

Anions [Cu_xS_y]^- reacted with P₄ (g) to form products which were formally addition of P₂ units, but are shown by density functional calculations and collisional induced dissociation to contain P_nS_m ligands co-ordinated to copper; the reactivities of the [Cu_xS_y]^- ions correlate with their geometrical rather than electronic structures, according to the principles which are described.

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