Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Copper Zinc Phenylthiolate and the First Copper Zinc Selenolate and Tellurolate Complexes

Five copper zinc phenylchalcogenolate complexes [( i Pr 3 PCu) 3 (ZnMe 2 ) 2 (SPh) 3 ] ( 1 ), [( i Pr 3 PCu) 2 (ZnPh) 4 (SPh) 6 ] ( 2 ), [( i Pr 3 PCu) 2 (ZnEt) 4 (SPh) 6 ] ( 3 ), [( i Pr 3 PCu) 3 (ZnEt)(SePh) 4 ] ( 4 ), and [( i Pr 3 PCu) 3 Cu( i Pr 3 PZn)(TePh) 6 ] ( 5 ) were synthesized by the reaction of phosphine stabilized copper phenylchalcogenolate complexes with Zn R 2 ( R = Me, Et, Ph) with and without additional chalcogenol. The novel mixed metal compounds were characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray structure analysis and NMR spectroscopy. 4 and 5 are the first examples of compounds with a Zn–Se–Cu or a Zn–Te–Cu linkage, respectively.