Silver compounds in synthetic chemistry : Part 4. 4-Tetrafluoropyridyl silver(I), AgC5F4N in redox transmetallations—possibilities and limitations in reactions with group 15 elements

While reactions of AgC₅F₄N with elemental arsenic, antimony, and bismuth proceed selectively yielding E(C₅F₄N)₃ (E = As, Sb, Bi), those with white and red phosphorus remained obscure giving product mixtures of so far unknown stoichiometry. The phosphorus compound was therefore prepared by an alternative route. P(C₅F₄N)₃ and As(C₅F₄N)₃ crystallize isostructurally in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c (no. 14) with four molecules per unit cell. π-π Offset stacking together with edge-face stacking lead to dimeric units which are connected by a second edge-face stacking of nitrogen onto the opposite side of the same tetrafluoropyridyl ring extending the structure into infinite chains.