A series of trinuclear copper(I) thiolate complexes, [Cu
3(
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-dppm)
3(
3-SR)
2]BF
4 (R = C
6H
4Cl-4, C
6H
4CH
3-4,C
6H
4OCH
3-4, C
6H
4(OCH
3)
2-3,4, C
6H
4-benzo-15-crown-5, or
tBu), [Cu
3(
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-dppm)
3(
3-S
tBu)](BF
4)
2, and [Cu
3(
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-dppm)
3(
3-SR)(
3-Cl)]BF
4 (R = C
6H
4CH
3-4, C
6H
4tBu-4, or C
6H
4(CH
3)
3-2,4,6) and two hexanuclear copper(I)selenolate complexes, [Cu
6(
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-P
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P)
4(
3-SePh)
4](BF
4)
2 (P
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P = dppm, (Ph
2P)
2NH), have been synthesized, andtheir photophysical properties have been studied. The X-ray crystal structures of both copper(I) selenolate complexeshave been determined. These complexes have been shown to exhibit long-lived low-energy emission in solution,attributed to an excited state of predominantly ligand-to-metal charge-transfer [chalcogenolate to copper(I)] origin.