The synthesis and crystal structure of bis-[3,3-diethyl-1-(phenyl-imino-κ N )thio-urea-κ S ]silver hexa-fluorido-phosphate

• Published in: Acta crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic communications Crystallographic communications, 2019-09, Vol.75 (Pt 9), p.1394-1398
• Main Authors: Groner, Vincent M, Larson, Garrett E, Kan, Yuwei, Roll, Mark F, Moberly, James G, Waynant, Kristopher V
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Research Communications
• ISSN: 2056-9890; 2056-9890
• DOI: 10.1107/S2056989019011824

The structure of the title complex, [Ag(C H N S) ]PF , has monoclinic ( 2 / ) symmetry, and the silver atom has a distorted square-planar geometry. The coordination complex crystallized from mixing silver hexa-fluorido-phosphate with a concentrated tetra-hydro-furan solution of , -di-ethyl-phenyl-azo-thio-formamide [ATF; systematic name: 3,3-diethyl-1-(phenyl-imino)-thio-urea] under ambient conditions. The resultant coordination complex exhibits a 2:1 ligand-to-metal ratio, with the silver(I) atom having a fourfold AgN S coordination sphere, with a single PF counter-ion. In the crystal, however, one sulfur atom from an ATF ligand of a neighboring complex coordinates to the silver atom, with a bond distance of 2.9884 (14) Å. This creates a polymeric zigzag chain propagating along the -axis direction. The chains are linked by C-H⋯F hydrogen bonds, forming slabs parallel to the plane.