Three N-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-N′-acylthiourea ligands [Ar′NHC(S)NHC(O)Ar; Ar′ = 2,6-iPr 2 C 6 H 3 ; Ar = p-tBuC 6 H 4 (1, L 1 ), Mes (2, L 2 ), and 1-Naph (3, L 3 )] were synthesized and compared with the homologous ligand L 0 (Ar = Ph) in terms of their resultant complexes with copper halides. The reaction of L 1 with CuCl 2 led to the formation of mononuclear L 1 2 CuCl (4), while treatment of L 1 with CuX (X = Cl, Br) resulted in the adamantane cage complexes (L 1 CuX) 4 (X = Cl, 5; Br, 6). These findings are similar to the results shown by its parent ligand L 0 .