(1-Ferrocenyl-4,4,4-trifluorobutane-1,3-dionato-κ2O,O)bis(triphenylphosphane)copper(I)

Abstract

In the title mononuclear coordination complex, [CuFe(C5H5)(C9H5F3O2)(C18H15P)2], the CuI ion is coordinated by the chelating β-diketonate 1-ferrocenyl-4,4,4-trifluorobutane-1,3-dione ligand through two O atoms and the two datively bonded triphenylphosphane ligands resulting in a distorted tetrahedral coordination sphere. The CuI ion, together with its chelating butane-1,3-dione group, is mutually coplanar [greatest displacement of an atom from this plane = 0.037 (1) Å], and the CuI ion lies slightly above [0.013 (1) Å] the plane. The overall geometry, including the bond distances and angles within the complex, corresponds to those of other reported copper(I) β-diketonates featuring organic groups at the β-diketonate ligand.