Leslie J. Murray * † , Walter W. Weare ‡ , Jason Shearer § , Alyssa D. Mitchell † , and Khalil A. Abboud † † Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States ‡ Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States § Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada , Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, United States J. Am. Chem. Soc. , Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/ja506445d Publication Date (Web): September 19, 2014 Copyright © 2014 American Chemical Society murray@chem.ufl.edu Abstract Reaction of a tris(β-diketimine) cyclophane, H 3 L , with benzyl potassium followed by [Cu(OTf)] 2 (C 6 H 6 ) affords a tricopper(I) complex containing a bridging dinitrogen ligand. rRaman (ν N–N = 1952 cm –1 ) and 15 N NMR (δ = 303.8 ppm) spectroscopy confirm ...