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ArticleNature communications2025

Nucleophilicity at copper(-I) in a compound with a Cu-Mg bond.

Ross A Jackson, Nicholas J Evans, Dawid J Babula, Thomas M Horsley Downie, Rex S C Charman, Samuel E Neale, Mary F Mahon, David J Liptrot

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Ross A JacksonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
Nicholas J EvansDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8534-2604
Dawid J BabulaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
Thomas M Horsley DownieDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5027-450X
Rex S C CharmanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
Samuel E NealeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3027-9594
Mary F MahonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
David J LiptrotDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK. d.j.liptrot@bath.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8574-3812

Funding

RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/X01181X/1Royal Society URF\R1\191066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Copper is ubiquitous as a structural material, and as a reagent in (bio)chemical transformations. A vast number of chemical reactions rely on the near-inevitable preference of copper for positive oxidation states to make useful compounds. Here we show this electronic paradigm can be subverted in a stable compound with a copper-magnesium bond, which conforms to the formal oxidation state of Cu(-I). The Cu-Mg bond is synthesized by the reaction of an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligated copper alkoxide with a dimeric magnesium(I) compound. Its identity is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray structural analysis and NMR spectroscopy, and computational investigations provide data consistent with a high charge density at copper. The Cu-Mg bond acts as a source of the cupride anion, transferring the NHC-copper fragment to electrophilic s-, p-, and d-block atoms to make known and new copper-containing compounds.

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