Triphenylphosphine adducts of silver di-iso-propyl dithiophosphate

Abstract

AbstractThe molecular structure of dimeric {[S2P(OiPr)2](PPh3)}2· 2 CHCl3is built up about a centrosymmetric eight-membered ring that adopts a chair conformation as a result of bidentate bridging dithiophos phate ligands. The silver atom is in a trigonal planar geometry. Relatively close transannular Ag…S interactions are noted which, if considered significant, leads to a tridentate dithiophosphate ligand and a distorted tetrahedral geometry for silver. The presence of two PPh3molecules in the coordination sphere of silver in monomeric Ag[S2P(OiPr)2](PPh3)2· 3 CHCl3as well as a bidentate di thiophosphate ligand gives rise to a tetrahedral geometry. Adducts with lower or greater numbers of PPh3ligands could not be obtained pointing to the inherent stability of the characterised structures.