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Crystal structure of a silver(I) complex {[Ag(N-methylthiourea)2]NO3} n exhibiting infinite chains of AgS4 tetrahedra

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A polymeric silver(I) complex, bis(N-methylthiourea)silver(I) nitrate, {[Ag(Metu)2]NO3} n is prepared and its crystal structure is determined. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. In the structure, distorted AgS4 tetrahedra are linked through the sulfur atoms of the Metu ligand to form isolated infinite chains of the type [Ag(SR)2] n+ n . The cationic chains are separated from each other by nitrate ions that do not coordinate to the metal ion. The chains are bridged via N-H...O hydrogen bonds involving the nitrate ions. The complex exhibits an Ag—Ag separation of ∼3.21 Å indicating the existence of significant argentophilic interactions. An upfield shift in the >C=S resonance of Metu in 13C NMR and downfield shift in the N-H resonance in 1H NMR are consistent with sulfur coordination to silver(I).

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    H. Ur Rehman

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, 54890, Pakistan

    S. Ahmad, H. Ajaz & M. Hanif

  3. Institute of Physics, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    M. Altaf & H. Stoeckli-Evans

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Original Russian Text Copyright © 2011 by H. Ur Rehman, S. Ahmad, H. Ajaz, M. Hanif, M. Altaf, and H. Stoeckli-Evans

The text was submitted by the authors in English. Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 164–169, January–February, 2011.

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Rehman, H.U., Ahmad, S., Ajaz, H. et al. Crystal structure of a silver(I) complex {[Ag(N-methylthiourea)2]NO3} n exhibiting infinite chains of AgS4 tetrahedra. J Struct Chem 52, 160–165 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022476611010215

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