Reactions of silver thiolates with bidentate phosphanes

A series of reactions of different silver thiolates, AgSR (R = Mes (mesityl), Nph (naphthyl), Cy (cyclohexyl)), with bidentate phosphanes was performed yielding a bunch of new compounds, which were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. ing on the nature of the thiolate and the phosphane the solid state structure of the products varies from discrete complexes or clusters to a 3-dimensional coordination network. The mesityl group favors the formation of trinuclear units which are then linked in one, e.g. [Ag3(SMes)3(dpph)2] (5), two, e. g. [Ag3(SMes)3 (dpppt)2] (4), or three dimensions [Ag3(SMes)3(dppb)2] (3), via the phosphanes. With naphthyl and cyclohexyl groups mostly clusters are formed which are either isolated with some phosphanes in their ligand sphere, e.g. [Ag12(SCy)12(dpppt)2] (13), or additionally linked by the phosphanes to form 1-dimensional chains, e.g. [Ag12(SCy)12(dppo)] (17).