[(Triethylenetetramine)copper(II)]-μ-cyanido-κ2N:C-[bis(cyanido-κC)copper(I)]

The title compound, [Cu2(CN)3(C6H18N4)] or [Cu(trien)(CN)Cu(CN)2], where trien is triethylenetetramine, is a mixed-valence complex crystallizing as discrete molecules, with CuI and CuII ions linked by a bridging cyanide group. The CuII ion is in a square-pyramidal coordination environment, with the...

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Main Authors: Peter W. R. Corfield, Scott A. Grillo, Nancy S. Umstott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2012-12-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536812047745