Syntheses,Characterizations, and Crystal Structures of Two Binuclear Silver Complexes Based on O,O'-Dialkyldithiophosphate and 1,10-Phenanthroline

Two binuclear silver complexes, [Ag2{μ-S2P(OCH2Ph)2}2(phen)2](1) and [Ag2{μ-S2P(OCH2CH2Ph)2}2(phen)2](2), were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectrum, thermo-gravimetric analysis and X-ray single-crystal diffraction. Complex 1 crystallizes in the triclinic system, space group P1 with a = 9.7881(4), b = 10.7726(4), c = 13.1952(6) , a= 103.686(4), γ = 99.477(3), γ = 107.494(4)°, V = 1246.88(9) 3, Dc = 1.591 g·m-3 and Z = 1; Complex 2 is of monoclinic system, space group P21/n with a = 10.6014(8), b = 24.3969(15), c = 11.5353(10) , β = 14.125(10)°, V = 2722.9(4) 3, Dc = 1.526 g·m-3 and Z = 2. In the molecules of 1 and 2, O,O'-dialkyldithiophosphate anions,(PhCH2O)PS2- and(PhCH2CH2O)PS2- act as bridging ligands and connect two Ag(I) centers into a binuclear unit with Ag2S4P2 eight-membered rings in "chair" conformations. In both crystal structures, face-to-face π-π stacking interactions between the adjacent paralleling aromatic rings of 1,10-phenanthroline play a prominent role in the crystal packing and result in a 1D chain. And such 1D chains are further linked into 3D networks by weak intermolecular C–H···π interactions for 1.