A heteroleptic fused bi-cuboctahedral Cu21S2 cluster.
Rhone P Brocha SilalahiTzu-Hao ChiuHao LiangSamia KahlalJean-Yves SaillardC W LiuPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2023)
A new dicationic cluster, [Cu 21 S 2 {S 2 CN n Bu 2 } 9 (C 2 Ph) 6 ] 2+ , where the Cu21S2 kernel consists of two S@Cu 12 cuboctahedra sharing a triangular Cu 3 face is reported. Its waist part is bridged by three dithiocarbamate ligands, each in a hexaconnective, hexametallic (μ 3 , μ 3 ) coordination pattern, an unprecedented feature in Cu nanocluster chemistry.