Solvent-mediated variation of the terephthalate coordination mode in copper sulfimide complexes

Abstract

Reaction of copper(II) terephthalate and S,S′-diphenylsulfimide in MeOH gives a 1-D coordination polymer with inner-sphere terephthalate ligands; addition of H₂O to the reaction solution, however, results in a hydrogen bonded array with the terephthalate anion acting as an outer-sphere ligand.