Professor Hansgeorg Schno È ckel zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet.Inhaltsu È bersicht. Durch Umsetzungen von CuSCN mit AsPh(SiMe 3 ) 2 in Anwesenheit tertia È rer Phosphane ko È nnen die Verbindungen [Cu 4 (As 4 Ph 4 ) 2 (PRR' 2 ) 4 ] (1±3) (1: R = R' = n Pr, 2: R = R' = Et; 3: R = Me, R' = n Pr) und [Cu 14 (AsPh) 6 (SCN) 2 (PEt 2 Ph) 8 ] (4) dargestellt werden. Die Verwendung von CuCl anstelle von CuSCN fu È hrt zu den Clusterkomplexen [Cu 14 (AsPh) 6 Cl 2 (PRR' 2 ) 8 ] (5±6) (5: R = R' = Et; 6: R = Me, R' = n Pr), [Cu 12 (AsPh) 6 (PPh 3 ) 6 ] (7) und [Cu 10 (AsPh) 4 Cl 2 (PMe 3 ) 8 ] (8). Durch Reaktionen von CuOAc mit As(SiMe 3 ) 3 in Anwesenheit tertia È rer Phosphane erha È lt man die Verbindungen [Cu 12 (AsSiMe 3 ) 6 (PRR' 2 ) 6 ] (9±11) (9: R = R' = Et; 10: R = Ph, R' = Et; 11: R = Et, R' = Ph) und [Cu 8 (AsSiMe 3 ) 4 (P t Bu 3 ) 4 ] (12). Die Charakterisierung der Produkte erfolgte in allen Fa È llen durch Einkristall-Ro È ntgenstrukturanalyse. Als auffa È lligstes Strukturmerkmal haben 1±3 je zwei (As 4 Ph 4 ) 2± -Ketten als Liganden. 4±12 enthalten dagegen diskrete AsR 2± -Liganden (R = Ph, SiMe 3 ).Abstract. Through the reaction of CuSCN with AsPh-(SiMe 3 ) 2 in the presence of tertiary phosphines the compounds [Cu 4 (As 4 Ph 4 ) 2 (PRR' 2 ) 4 ] (1±3) (1: R = R' = n Pr, 2: R = R' = Et; 3: R = Me, R' = n Pr) and [Cu 14 (AsPh) 6 (SCN) 2 -(PEt 2 Ph) 8 ] (4) can be synthesised. Using CuCl instead of CuSCN results to the cluster complexes [Cu 14 (AsPh) 6 Cl 2 (PRR' 2 ) 8 ] (5±6) (5: R = R' = Et; 6: R = Me, R' = n Pr), [Cu 12 (AsPh) 6 (PPh 3 ) 6 ] (7) and [Cu 10 (AsPh) 4 Cl 2 -(PMe 3 ) 8 ] (8). Through reactions of CuOAc with As(SiMe 3 ) 3 in the presence of tertiary phosphines the compounds [Cu 12 (AsSiMe 3 ) 6 (PRR' 2 ) 6 ] (9±11) (9: R = R' = Et; 10: R = Ph, R' = Et; 11: R = Et, R' = Ph) and [Cu 8 (AsSiMe 3 ) 4 -(P t Bu 3 ) 4 ] (12) can be obtained. In each case the products were characterised by single-crystal-X-ray-structure-analyses. As the main structure element 1±3 each have two As 4 Ph 4 2±chains as ligands. In contrast 4±12 contain discrete AsR 2±ligands.