Crystal structures of allyltriphenyl-phosphonium halogenocuprates(I)

Alternating-current electrochemical synthesis is used to obtain for the first time halogenocuprates of an allyl derivative of phosphonium of the composition (CH2=CHCH2(C6H5)3P)CuX2 (X = Br (I), Cl (II)). Compound I crystallizes in the space group P21, a = 9.6341(3) A, b = 12.4167(4) A, c = 9.9618(4) A, β = 117.484(5)°, Z = 2. Compound II crystallizes in the space group P21/n, a = 9.9725(5) A, b = 15.4586(8) A, c = 13.7557(5) A, β = 90.429(4)°, Z = 4. In the structures of I and II quasilinear CuX 2 − anions are held by C-H…X hydrogen bonds inside a framework formed by the stacking of phenyl groups from CH2=CHCH2(C6P5)3P+ cations. Allyl groups are not involved in coordination with copper(I) a…