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Crystal structure of chlorido-[1-(4-nitro-phen-yl)thio-urea-κS]bis-(tri-phenyl-phosphane-κP)silver(I)
Arunpatcha Nimthong-Roldán1, Paramee Sripa2, Yupa Wattanakanjana2
1Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, University.
Abstract:
In the title compound, [AgCl(C7H7N3O2S)(C18H15P)2], the AgI ion is in a distorted tetra-hedral coordination environment formed by P atoms from two tri-phenyl-phosphane ligands, one terminal S atom from the 1-(4-nitro-phen-yl)thio-urea ligand and a chloride ion. In the crystal, bifurcated (N-H)2⋯Cl hydrogen bonds [with graph-set motif R21(6)] connect complex mol-ecules, forming zigzag chains along [001]. These chains are linked via weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a two-dimensional network parallel to (100). An intra-molecular N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bond forming an S(6) ring is also observed.
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