Abstract
The acid–base reactions of arylhydroxides and [CuO
t
Bu] provide a new route to oligomeric Cu(I) aryloxides with remarkable solid-state structures. A first attempt to employ the compounds in insertion reactions with organic anhydrides was made and shows that Cu(I) aryloxides might represent useful building blocks for metallo-organic open frameworks.
The preparation and characterisation of the Cu(I) aryloxides [Cu
16(3-pyO)
16(dppm)
8] (
1), [{Cu
2(2-pyO)
2(dppm)}
2] (
2) and [{Cu
3(μ
3-6-OQ)
2(dppm)
3}{(6-HOQ)
2(μ-6-OQ)}] (
3) (dppm
=
1,2-bis-diphenylphosphinomethane, 6-HOQ
=
6-hydroxyquinoline, py
=
pyridine) are described. A first attempt to employ organic anhydrides in insertion reactions with Cu(I) aryloxides was made producing the one-dimensional coordination polymer 1/
∞[Cu
3(3-pyO)(CO
2C
2H
4Boc)(dppm
−)(dppm)]
∞ (
4) (Boc
=
tert-butoxycarbonyl).