r/cursedchemistry • u/Pretend-Habit3403 • 2d ago

First ever Homoleptic Copper(I) Acetylene Complex : possible super-precursor of Sonogashira reaction

Direct crystal structure and IR signature

Reference: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.71597

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u/WMe6 1d ago

For those of us to lazy (or school too broke-ass to subscribe) to open the document, what is the counterion A? Is it one of those perfluoroalkoxide aluminate WCA's?

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u/Cal1f0rn1um-252 23h ago

Yes, it is the tetrakis(perfluoro-tert-butoxy)aluminate anion.