A trio of dimeric copper(I) complexes of the formula [(Ph 3 P)Cu(μ-X) 2 Cu(PPh 3)] (X = OC 6 F 5 , 1, OC 4 F 9 , 2, OCPh(CF 3) 2 , 3) were prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography, elemental analysis, and NMR spectroscopy (1 H, 13 C, 19 F, 31 P), as was the monomeric [(cy 3 P)Cu(OC 4 F 9)] (cy = cyclohexyl,4). Solution conductivity studies demonstrate that all three new dinuclearcompounds, as well as the known [(Ph 3 P)Cu(μ-OC 4 H 9) 2 Cu(PPh 3)], 2-H, are neutral species in solution and do not rearrange into ion pairs. The fold angle () varies among these four dimers and the Cu(I) … Cu(I) distance in the structure of 2, 2.8315(5) Å, is cuprophilic. The Cu(I) … Cu(I) distances for 1, 2-H, and 3 are 3.0533(5), 2.890(2), and 3.0169(6) Å respectively.Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed on 1, 2, 3, and 2-H, as well as the hypothetical 1-H, and several related models. FivePMe 3 models, 1(Me), 1-H(Me), 2(Me), 2-H(Me), and 3(Me) were also studied as well as five monomers [(Me 3 P)CuX]1-mon, 1-H(mon), 2-mon, 2-H(mon), and 3-mon to understand the electronic reasons for folding in this group of compounds. A Natural Energy Decomposition Analysis (NEDA) indicates that electrostatic stabilizations are the dominant factor governing the strength of interaction between monomeric fragments in 1(Me)-3(Me). NBO analysis reveals that 1(Me) and 1-H(Me) do not display any cuprophilic interactions. The folding angle observed in 2(Me), 2-H(Me), and 3(Me), which is correlated with an increased delocalization from the oxygen 2p z lone pairs, brings the metal centers into sufficient propinquity to have weak Cu … Cu orbital interactions. Weak luminescence behavior at room-temperature is also consistent with these assignments.