Reactivity of CuI and CuBr toward Dialkyl Sulfides RSR: From Discrete Molecular Cu4I4S4 and Cu8I8S6 Clusters to Luminescent Copper(I) Coordination Polymers

The CuX salts (X = I, Br) react with SR2 to form molecular clusters of the types [(R2S)4(Cu4I4)] and [(R2S)6(Cu8I8)] or to give 1D polymers and 2D metal−organic frameworks. The cluster nuclearity and connectivity as well as the dimensionality of these compounds depend on the steric demand of SR2, ...