Copper diimine complexes: the synthesis and crystal structures of [Cu(C₁₀H₁₄N₂)₂(MeOH)][BF₄], [Cu(C₁₀H₂₀N₂)₂]Br, [{(C₁₀H₁₄N₂)CuBr(µ-OMe)}₂(MeOH)] and [{(C₁₀H₂₀N₂)CuBr(µ-OMe)}₂]

Abstract

The synthesis and structural characterisation of related novel copper-(I) and -(II) diimine complexes have been described and their application as catalysts for atom transfer polymerisation is noted. The unexpected formation of a methoxy bridged copper(II) diimine complex [{(C₁₀H₁₄N₂)CuBr(µ-OMe)}₂(MeOH)] 3 from the reaction of a copper(I) diimine complex with phenol is described. Compounds 3 and [{(C₁₀H₂₀N₂)CuBr(µ-OMe)}₂] 4 appear to be examples of a rare class of alkoxy bridged Cu^II complexes, with very few similar examples being crystallographically characterised previously.

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