Synthesis and crystal structure of copper halide complexes with triethylallylammonium (teaa) chloride: [(teaa)Cu3ICl4], [(teaa)Cu3IBr3.86Cl0.14], and (teaa)2CuIICl4

The results of X-ray diffraction analysis of novel triethylallylammonium chloride compounds with copper(I) chloride, copper(I) bromide, and copper(II) chloride are reported. The (CH₃CH₂)₃(CH₂=CHCH₂xN]Cu ₃ ^I Cl₄ and (CH₃CH₂)₃(CH₂=CHCH₂Cu ₃ ^I Br_3.86)Cl_0.14 -complexes are isostructural: space group P2₁/a; a= 17.58(1) Å, b = 12.059(8)Å, c = 7.184(4) Å, = 98.37(5)° and a = 17.972(9) Å, b=12.479(8) Å, c = 7.290(5) Å, = 98.81(5)°, respectively. ²-Coordination of the copper atom by the olefinic bond plays a key role in the structural ordering of the tetraalkylammonium cation. In contrast, the structure of {(CH₃CH₂)₃x(CH₂=CHCH₂)N}₂Cu^IICl₄ (P4₂/nmc; a = 8.839(3) Å, c =15.660(9) Å) follows the ionic salt pattern.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by L. M. Babkov, I. I. Gnatyuk, G. A. Puchkovskaya, and S. V. TrukhachevTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 398–405, May–June, 2004.