Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: The first high-valent Cu(III) trifluoromethyl hydroxide heterocubane with the tetrameric structure [Cu(CF3)2(OH)]4 was synthesized by air oxidation of in situ formed bis(trifluoromethyl)cuprate(I) and fully characterized, including X-ray crystallography. This unique compound shows versatile reactivity, functioning as a hydroxide base towards acids via OH ligand substitution, which affords a broad variety of Cu(III) complexes with two trifluoromethyl groups.
Source: ChemRxiv
Authors: Vladimir Motornov, Niklas Limberg
Institution: Freie Universität Berlin
Language: English
Subfield: Inorganic Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4413879190