Syntheses and structures of silver(I) clusters uniquely exhibiting three distinct binding modes, two of which are novel, for a dithiophosphate ligand

An unprecedented, triply bridging sulfur atom of the dithiophosphate ligand was observed in the new silver cluster cation, Ag4(μ-dppm)2[S2P(OEt)2]3+, where the coordination geometry for the trifurcated sulfur atom exhibited distorted seesaw.