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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
catena-Poly[[bis-[tris-(4-meth-oxy-phen-yl)phosphine-κP]silver(I)]-μ-thio-cyanato-κ2 N:S]
Frederick P Malan1, Kariska Potgieter2, Reinout Meijboom2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
Abstract:
The coordination polymer, [Ag(NCS)(C21H21O3P)2] n or {[Ag(P(4-OMePh)3)2]-μ-NCS} n , features μ-thio-cyanato ligands bridging between neighbouring silver(I) atoms, generating chains along the b-axis direction. Each AgI atom is four-coordinate, with two phospho-rus donors from two distinct tris-(p-meth-oxy-phen-yl)phosphine ligands, and two atoms from the thio-cyanato ligands in severely distorted tetra-hedral shape. The Ag-P [2.4331 (6) and 2.4625 (5) Å], Ag-N [2.339 (2) Å] and Ag-S [2.6760 (6) Å] bond lengths all appear within the expected ranges, with corresponding P-Ag-P and S-Ag-N angles of 129.610 (19) and 86.75 (6)°. In the crystal, the polymeric chains pack into layers parallel to (001) separated by the aryl groups of the phosphine ligands.
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