New adducts of silver(I) halides, AgX (X = Cl, Br), with bidentate phosphine ligands: syntheses and molecular structures of [Ag3(μ3-Cl)2(μ-dppm)3][PF6], [Ag3(μ3-Br)2(μ-dppm)3][AgBr2], {[Et4N][Ag2 (μ-Br)3(μ-dppe)]}n, [Et4N]2[(AgCl2)2(μ-dppe)], and [(AgCl)2(μ-dppp)2]
AbstractInteraction of AgCl with bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) in THF/MeCN in the presence of K[PF6] or [Et4N]Br afforded typical trinuclear cationic trigonal-bipyramidal complexes [Ag3(μ3-Cl)2(μ-dppm)3][PF6] (1) or [Ag3(μ3-Br)2(μ-dppm)3][AgBr2] (2), respectively. Treatment of AgBr with bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (dppe) in THF/MeCN in the presence of [Et4N]Br gave a polymeric complex {[Et4N][Ag2(μ-Br)3(μ-dppe)]}n (3) with a dinuclear {Ag2(μ-Br)3} core. The reaction of AgCl with dppe or bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (dppp) in THF/MeCN in the presence of [Et4N]Cl resulted in the isolation of a dinuclear anionic complex [Et4N]2[(AgCl2)2(μ-dppe)] (4) with one μ-dppe bridge or a dinuclear neutral complex [(AgCl)2(μ-dppp)2] (5) with two μ-dppp bridges and a 12-membered ring, respectively. The structures of complexes 1–5 with the bidentate phosphine ligands were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.