Heteroleptic cuprate salts of the form [X-Cu-Y][(SIMes)₂Cu] (SIMes = 1,3-dimesitylimidazolin-2-ylidene, X and Y = permutations of Cl, CF₃, C₂F₅) were generated by equilibrating mixtures of [(SIMes)Cu-X] and [(SIMes)Cu-Y] in CD₂Cl₂ solvent. The solubility features of the cuprates relative to the neutral species permitted the structural characterizations of new cuprates, including the first example of a mixed fluoroalkylated cuprate [(CF₃)Cu(C₂F₅)][(SIMes)₂Cu]. Computational studies (DFT and CCSD(T)) of fluoroalkylated cuprates generate Cu-C distances that are shorter than those in hydrocarbon analogues – a trend that in some cases may conflict with crystallographically determined values.

形式为[X-Cu-Y] [（SIMes）₂ Cu]的杂多价铜酸盐（SIMes = 1,3-dimesitylimidazolin-2-ylnene，X和Y = Cl，CF ₃，C ₂ F _5的排列）通过使[（SIMes）Cu-X]和[（SIMes）Cu-Y]的混合物在CD ₂ Cl ₂溶剂中平衡来产生。铜酸盐相对于中性物质的溶解度特征允许新的铜酸盐的结构表征，包括混合的氟烷基化铜酸盐[（CF ₃）Cu（C ₂ F ₅）] [（SIMes）₂的第一个例子）铜]。氟烷基化铜酸盐的计算研究（DFT和CCSD（T））产生的Cu-C距离比烃类似物的Cu-C距离短-这种趋势在某些情况下可能与晶体学确定的值相矛盾。