Donnelly JM, Lermyte F, Wolny JA, Walker M, Breeze BG, Needham RJ, Müller CS, O'Connor PB, Schünemann V, Collingwood JF, Sadler PJ. Cu(III)-bis-thiolato complex forms an unusual mono-thiolato Cu(III)-peroxido adduct.
Chem Commun (Camb) 2021;
57:69-72. [PMID:
33337460 DOI:
10.1039/d0cc06921c]
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Abstract
The stable complex [bis(toluene-3,4-dithiolato)copper(iii)][NEt3H] has been synthesised and characterised as a square-planar Cu(iii) complex by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and DFT calculations. Intriguingly, when fragmented in FTICR-MS, an unusual [(toluene-3,4-dithiolate)Cu(iii)(peroxide)]- complex is formed by reaction with oxygen. Natural 1,2-dithiolenes known to bind molybdenum might stabilise Cu(iii) in vivo.
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