Tetraalkylammonium Bromochlorocuprates(II)

(NMe4)2CuBrnC14-n and (NEt4)nCuBrnCl44-n (n = 1, 2, 3) have been prepared and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction and far-infrared spectroscopy. The tetramethylammonium compounds are isomorphous with each other and with the corresponding compounds where n = 0, 4. The tetraethylammonium compounds constitute another isomorphous series. All the compounds apparently contain discrete CuBrnCI4-n2- anions, with flattened tetrahedral configurations.