Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Bis[(2,6-pyridinedicarboxylato)(methanol)dibenzyltin(IV)]

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Bis(trimethylphosphine)silver(I) hexafluorophosphate

In the title two‐coordinate silver compound, [Ag(C₃­H₉­P)₂]­PF₆, the cation has crystallographically imposed mirror symmetry, and approximates very closely to m (D_3d) symmetry with fully staggered methyl groups in the solid state. The Ag atom has a nearly linear coordination geometry, with a P—Ag—P angle of 178.70 (4)°. The Ag—P bond lengths are 2.3746 (12) and 2.3783 (12) Å, which are ­significantly longer than the Au—P bond length of 2.304 (1) Å in the analogous two‐coordinate gold cation. The lack of intra­molecular steric effects within the present cations containing tri­methyl­phosphine (cone angle 118°), compared with those in known cations containing trimesityl­phosphine (cone angle 212°), provides a better comparison of M—P distances and thus more conclusive evidence that Au really is smaller than Ag.