title: A cyclic hexamer of silver trifluoroacetate supported by four triphenylphosphine sulfide template molecules.
abstract: Crystallization of silver trifluoroacetate from chloroform solutions containing triphenylphosphine sulfide affords a trigonal and a monoclinic form of a 6:4 complex {[CF3C(O)OAg]6(Ph3PS)4} of C2 symmetry with different amounts of chloroform in the crystals. With the Ph3PS components as template molecules, the CF3C(O)OAg units are assembled to form a 6-membered metallacycle codetermined by metallophilic bonding and enclosed by a 24-membered ring [AgOCO]6. A complex of the type [LAgOC(O)CF3]2, with L representing the isocyanide ligand pTolSO2CH2NC, has been shown to have a conventional bicyclic structure with three-coordinate silver atoms engaged in transannular metallophilic interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: Bratislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Djordjevic
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmidbaur