Bm. Mykhalichko et al., Polynuclear complexes of copper(I) halides: Coordination chemistry and catalytic transformations of alkynes, USP KH, 69(11), 2000, pp. 1042-1070
Characteristic features of the coordination chemistry of Cu(I) and the mech
anisms of catalytic transformations of alkynes in the CuCl-MCl-H2O-HC=CR sy
stem (MCl are alkali metal and ammonium chloride and amine hydrochlorides;
R is H, CH2OH, CH = CH2, etc.) are analysed resorting to studies of the com
positions and structure of copper(I) chloride(bromide) complexes, alkyne pi
-complexes and ethynyl organometallic polynuclear compounds formed in this
system in solutions and in the crystalline state. The role of polynuclear
complexes in various reactions of alkynes is discussed.