Three copper(I) complexes, [CuCl(L)(PPh 3 ) 2 ] [L = FL (1), BL (2) or TL (3)] were prepared from [(PPh 3 ) 2 Cu-(μ-Cl) 2 Cu(PPh 3 )] and N-carbamothioylfuran-2-carboxamide (FL), N-carbamothioylbenzamide (BL) or N-carbamothioylthiophene-2-carboxamide (TL) ligands in benzene and four-coordinated tetrahedral copper complexes were well characterized by various spectroscopic techniques (UV/Vis, FT-IR, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR and 31 P NMR). The molecular structure of the ligands (FL and BL) and complexes was established from single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. Copper complexes have been shown to cata- [a]