Diverse copper(iii) trifluoromethyl complexes with mono-, bi- and tridentate ligands and their versatile reactivity

Novel square planar (L)Cu^III(CF₃)₃ (L = pyridine, 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine) complexes, which are fluxional in solution and versatile to enable various transformations, are isolated and characterized for the first time.