Copper(I) complexes with tripodal nitrogen-containing neutral ligands such as tris(3,5-diisopropyl-1-pyrazolyl)methane (L1') and tris(3-tertiary-butyl-5-isopropyl-1-pyrazolyl)methane (L3'), and with corresponding anionic ligands such as hydrotris(3,5-diisopropyl-1-pyrazolyl)borate (L1-) and hydrotris(3-tertiary-butyl-5-isopropyl-1-pyrazolyl)borate (L3-) were synthesized and structurally characterized. Copper(I) complexes [Cu(L1')Cl] (1), [Cu(L1')(OClO3)] (2), [Cu(L1')(NCMe)](PF6) (3a), [Cu(L1')(NCMe)](ClO4) (3b), [Cu(L1')(CO)](PF6) (4a), and [Cu(L1')(CO)](ClO4) (4b) were prepared using the ligand L1'. Copper(I) complexes [Cu(L3')Cl] (5) and [Cu(L3')(NCMe)](PF6) (6) with the ligand L3' were also synthesized. Copper(I) complexes [Cu(L1)(NCMe)] (7) and [Cu(L1)(CO)] (8) were prepared using the anionic ligand L1-. Finally, copper(I) complexes with anionic ligand L3- and acetonitrile (9) and carbon monoxide (10) were synthesized. The complexes obtained were fully characterized by IR, far-IR, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The structures of both ligands, L1' and L3', and of complexes 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5, 6, 7, and 10 were determined by X-ray crystallography. The effects of the differences in (a) the fourth ligand and the counteranion, (b) the steric hindrance at the third position of the pyrazolyl rings, and most importantly, (c) the charge of the N3 type ligands, on the structures, spectroscopic properties, and reactivities of the copper(I) complexes are discussed. The observed differences in the reactivities toward O2 of the copper(I) acetonitrile complexes are traced back to differences in the oxidation potentials determined by cyclic voltammetry. A special focus is set on the carbonyl complexes, where the 13C NMR and vibrational data are presented. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are used to shed light on the differences in CO bonding in the compounds with neutral and anionic N3 ligands. In correlation with the vibrational and electrochemical data of these complexes, it is demonstrated that the C-O stretching vibration is a sensitive probe for the "electron richness" of copper(I) in these compounds.

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New homoleptic aliphatic thiolato complexes with Zn(II), (Et4N)[Zn(SAd)3] (1) (HSAd = 1-adamantanethiol), and (Et4N)2[{Zn(ScHex)2}2(μ-ScHex)2] (2) (HScHex = 1-cyclohexanethiol), have a novel three-coordinate geometry for monomeric 1 and a tetrahedral geometry for dimeric 2, respectively. The complexes have been fully characterized by far-IR, Raman, and UV–vis absorption spectroscopy.

A bidentate ligand, 3-aminopropanethiolate (apt), was synthesized and treated with RhCl 3 ·3H 2 O in basic water to yield a novel mononuclear complex, fac(S)- [Rh(apt) 3+ (2b), which were characterized by stereochemical, spectrochemical, and electrochemical methods. 2a and 2b are stable and exhibit trivalency in water. X-ray crystallographic analysis of 2a and 2b showed that all of the bridging sulfur atoms are fixed in the R configuration for the ∆ unit and in the S configuration for the Λ unit, and each complex has six six-membered chelate rings, all of which are in the chair conformation. The crystal structure of the corresponding 2-aminoethanethiolate (aet) trinuclear complex ∆Λ-[Co{Rh(aet) 3 } 2 ] 3+ (4a) was also deter-

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