(μ-trans-1,2-Di-4-pyridylethylene-κ²N:N′)bis[(bipyridine-κ²N,N′)(triphenylphosphine-κP)copper(I)] bis(tetrafluoroborate)

Abstract

In the centrosymmetric dinuclear cation of the title complex, [Cu2(C10H8N2)2(C12H10N2)(C18H15P)2](BF4)2, each Cu atom is coordinated by two N atoms from a 2,2‐bipyridine ligand and a P atom from a triphenylphosphine ligand, and the two N2PCu+ fragments are bridged by a trans‐1,2‐di‐4‐pyridylethylene ligand, resulting in a distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry. Two F atoms are disordered over two sites each, with almost equal occupancies.