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Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework
Published on: April 9, 2018
Di-μ-thio-semicarbazide-κ(4)S:S-bis-[chlori-dobis(triphenyl-phosphane-κP)silver(I)]
Yupa Wattanakanjana1, Chaveng Pakawatchai, Ruthairat Nimthong
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand.
Abstract:
The dinuclear title complex, [Ag(2)Cl(2)(CH(5)N(3)S)(2)(C(18)H(15)P)(2)], lies across an inversion center. The Ag(I) ion exhibits a slightly distorted tetra-hedral coordination geometry formed by a P atom from a triphenyl-phosphane ligand, two metal-bridging S atoms from thio-semicabazide ligands and one chloride ion. The S atoms bridge two symmetry-related Ag(I) ions, forming a strictly planar Ag(2)S(2) core with an Ag⋯Ag separation of 2.7802 (7) Å. There is an intra-molecular N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bond. In the crystal, N-H⋯Cl and N-H⋯S hydrogen bonds link complex mol-ecules, forming layers parallel to (001). These layers are connected through π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance = 3.665 (2) Å], leading to the formation of a three-dimensional network.
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