Crystal structure of an unknown tetrahydrofuran solvate of tetrakis(μ3-cyanato-κ3N:N:N)tetrakis[(triphenylphosphane-κP)silver(I)]

Abstract

In the title compound, [{[(C6H5)3P]Ag}4{NCO}4], a distorted Ag4N4-heterocubane core is set up by four AgIions being coordinated by the N atoms of the cyanato anions in aμ3-bridging mode. In addition, a triphenylphosphine ligand is datively bonded to each of the AgIions. Intramolecular Ag...Ag distances as short as 3.133 (9) Å suggest the presence of argentophilic (d10...d10) interactions. Five moderate-to-weak C—H...O hydrogen-bonding interactions are observed in the crystal structure, spanning a three-dimensional network. A region of electron density was treated with the SQUEEZE procedure inPLATON[Spek (2015).Acta Cryst.C71, 9–18] following unsuccessful attempts to model it as being part of disordered tetrahydrofuran solvent molecules. The given chemical formula and other crystal data do not take into account these solvent molecules.