Transition metal complexes with bidentate ligands spanning trans-positions part XV X-ray structural and 31P-NMR solution studies of some three-coordinate silver complexes of 2,11-bis[di(tert-butyl)phosphinomethyl]benzo[c]phenathrene and related ligands

A series of three-coordinate bis(dialkylphosphinomethyl)benzo[c]phenanthrene Ag(I) complexes, alkyl= t-Bu, (1b) , and cyclohexyl, (1c) , anion = BF₄, CIO₄, CIO₄, NO₃, Cl, Br, I, have been prepared and thier ³¹ P-NMR characteristics recorded. The solid state structures of [Ag( 1b )Br], [Ag( 1b )Cl] and [Ag( 1b )CIO₄] have been determined by X-ray diffraction. The Ag atom in these complexes shows distorted trigonal geometry. Selected bond lengths and angles are as follows: Ag-P = 2.463(4) Å and 2.433(5) Å, P-Ag-P=141.6(2)° in the bromo complex, Ag-P = 2.457(2) Å and 2.427(2) Å, P-Ag-P = 142.6(1)° ion the chloro complex, and Ag-P = 2.394(2) and 2.393 (2) Å, P-AG-P = 161.5(1)° in the perchlorato complex.