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Copper(I) Halides (X = Br, I) Coordinated to Bis(arylthio)methane Ligands: Aryl Substitution and Halide Effects on the Dimensionality, Cluster Size and Luminescence Properties of the Coordination Polymers

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Bis(phenylthio)methane (L1) reacts with CuI to yield the 1D-coordination polymer [{Cu4(μ3-I)4}(μ-L1)2]n (1) bearing cubane Cu4I4 clusters as connecting nodes. The crystal structures at 115, 155, 195, and 235 K provided evidence for a phase transition changing from the monoclinic space group C2/c to P21/c. The self-assembly process of CuI with bis(p-tolylthio)methane (L2), bis(4-methoxyphenylthio)methane (L3), and bis(4-bromo-phenylthio)methane (L4) affords the 1D-coordination polymers [{Cu4(μ3-I)4}(μ-Lx)2]n (x = 2, 3, or 4). Compounds 2 and 4 are isostructural with C2/c low temperature polymorph of 1, whereas the inversion centers and 2-fold axes are lost in 3 (space group Cc). The use of bis(m-tolylthio)methane (L5) has no impact on the composition and overall topology of the resulting 1D ribbon of [{Cu4(μ3-I)4}(μ-L5)2]n (5). Even the coordination of the sterically crowded dithioether bis(5-tert-butyl-2-methylphenylthio)methane (L8) does not alter the network topology generating the 1D polymer [{Cu4(μ3-I...