Direct reaction of zerovalent copper with lead salts and an amino alcohol to form a heterotetranuclear mixed-anion polymeric complex

A direct reaction of zerovalent copper with PbCl2, Pb(SCN)2 and 2-dimethylaminoethanol (HL) in DMSO affords the heterotetranuclear mixed-anion polymeric complex [Cu2Pb2Cl3(NCS)L4]n, the first example of a compound containing N-bonded thiocyanate-bridging heterometal atoms.