Synthesis and characterization of two dodecacopper(I) extended metal atom chains (EMAC) assembled by two hexadentate bis(pyridylamido)amidinate-supported hexacopper(I) string complexes (monomers) via the ligand-unsupported cuprophilicity are described. In addition to short unsupported Cu À Cu contacts,two hexacopper fragments in these two dodecacopper EMACs show abent conformation based on X-ray crystallography.C ompared with their THFbound hexacopper(I) monomers and protonated ligands,these ligand-unsupported cuprophilic interactions are shown to be weak by Raman spectroscopy. DFT calculations suggest the ligand-unsupported cuprophilicity originate from weak attractive orbital interactions,a nd the strength is estimated to be 2.4 kcal mol À1 .Therecognition of linear trinuclear copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes supported by four di-2-pyridylamido ligands [1] sparked ar apid growth of the extended metal atom chain (EMAC; or metal string) complexes.T he study of EMACs focuses primarily on their physical properties,s uch as magnetic behaviors,m etal-metal interactions,a nd potential applications in molecular electronics. [2] Many tetranuclear EMACs have been characterized for the past 20 years,and are predominated by divalent Cr, Co,N i, or Ru. [2][3][4] Ac rucial factor in the construction of EMACs is the ligand design; efficacious ligands are predominated by those nitrogencontaining polydentate donors,o ligophosphines,a nd conjugated polyenes. [2][3][4] Interests in EMACs of copper arose from their unique photoluminescence properties and potential applications in material science. [5][6][7] Short EMACs of copper-(I) containing 3o r4Cu atoms have been reported, [8,9] but longer EMACs of copper(I) are very rare. [10] Arisen from relativistic and correlation effects, [11] the term "metallophilicity" was coined to describe metal-metal interactions between two metal atoms with ac losed-shell elec-tronic configuration. Metallophilicity are often observed in Group 11 metal complexes.O ft he coinage metals,a urophilicity is the strongest metallophilic interaction with astrength of about 7-12 kcal mol À1 comparable to that of ah ydrogen bond, [12] which accounts for the characterization of al arge number of multinuclear gold complexes. [13] Whereas the cuprophilic interaction is weaker, [14] different conclusions on the existence of such aw eak interaction have been made based on spectral and theoretical investigations. [8,9,15] The ligand-unsupported cuprophilic interactions have widely been invoked to be ad riving force for the self-assembly of copper(I) aggregates, [16,17] but concrete evidence directly from crystal structural investigation remains ag reat challenge.T he unsupported cuprophilic interactions are usually accompanied by H-bonding, inter-ligand p-p/metal-ligand p interactions. [16,17] Intermolecular cuprophilicity is not observed in EMACs of copper(I), although it can be applied to extend the chain lengths.H erein, we report af amily of linear arrays of oligocopper(I) stabilized by five nitrogencontain...