Dihydrogen phosphate-containing dinuclear double assemblies that demonstrate phosphate reactivity to the tetrafluoroborate anion

Robert A Faulkner; Nathan J Patmore; Craig R Rice; Christopher Slater

doi:10.1039/c8cc04900a

Dihydrogen phosphate-containing dinuclear double assemblies that demonstrate phosphate reactivity to the tetrafluoroborate anion

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Aug 14;54(66):9159-9162. doi: 10.1039/c8cc04900a.

Authors

Robert A Faulkner¹, Nathan J Patmore, Craig R Rice, Christopher Slater

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK. c.r.rice@hud.ac.uk.

PMID: 30062337
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc04900a

Abstract

The ligands L1 and L2 both form dinuclear assemblies with Cu(ii) and these react with dihydrogen phosphate so that the anion is incorporated within the assembly (e.g. [Cu2L2(H2PO4)]3+). However, in the presence of tetrafluoroborate anions the phosphate undergoes reaction with the anion forming [Cu3(L1)3(O3POBF3)]3+ and [Cu2(L2)2(O2P(OBF3)2)]+.