Bis[(1,1,2,3,3-pentacyanopropenido-N1:N2)bis(triphenylphosphine-P)copper(I)]

The title complex, [Cu(C8N5)(C18H15P)2]2, is a dimer. The two Cu atoms are bridged by the C(CN)2 units of the pentacyanopropenide moiety. The coordination polyhedron of CuI is a distorted tetra­hedron with a CuN2P2 chromophore.