Ring contraction in an arylcopper(I) compound promoted by a sulphur donor ligand : penta[mesitylcopper(I)] forms a tetra[mesitylcopper(I)] compound

Abstract
Mesitylcopper(I)(CuMes)n was shown by an X-ray analysis to be a cyclic pentameric arylcopper(I) complex (CuMes)5 in the solid state, which undergoes ring contraction with tetrahydrothiophene to the corresponding tetrameric species [Cu4Mes4(C4H8S)2], the structure of which has been found by X-ray crystallography.

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