Formation of a dicopper(i) helicate by oxidative dehydrogenation of a monomeric copper(ii) polyamine complex
Abstract
Reaction of the monomeric polyamine complex [CuII(1)]2+ with OH− and O2 gives the dimeric double-helix complex [Cu2I(2)2]2+, in which the –CH2–NH– amine groups have been dehydrogenated to –CHN– functions.