Open AccessDicaesium pentacyanotricuprate(I), Cs 2 Cu 3 (CN) 5
Author(s) -
Hibble Simon J.,
Pohl Alexander H.,
Bilbé Edward J.,
Chippindale Ann M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section e
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1600-5368
DOI - 10.1107/s1600536806020484
Subject(s) - cyanide , crystallography , triple bond , chemistry , materials science , stereochemistry , double bond , inorganic chemistry , polymer chemistry
Cs 2 Cu 3 (CN) 5 has a layered structure consisting of [Cu 3 (CN) 5 ] 2− sheets stacked in an ABAB fashion along the c axis, with Cs + cations lying between the sheets. The sheets are generated by linking –(CuCN)– chains, in which the C[triple‐bond]N groups are ordered, via [Cu(CN) 3 ] 2− units. The two bridging cyanide groups of each [Cu(CN) 3 ] 2− unit show partial `head‐to‐tail' disorder of C and N, whilst the third C[triple‐bond]N group is terminal and ordered with C bonded to Cu.