Silver (I) coordination by 1-(t-butyl)-2-benzoylaziridine

The reaction between AgNO₃ and 1-(t-butyl)-2-benzoylaziridine (tBBA) leads to the formation of bis-(1-(t-butyl)-2-benzoylaziridine) nitrato silver (I) which is a new metal aziridine derivative. The crystal structure was established by X-ray diffraction. [Ag(tBBA)₂(NO₃)] crystallizes in space groupC222₁ witha=11.877(6),b=13.560(4),c=16.923(4)Å andZ=4. The silver atom is six-coordinated by two N atoms of two aziridine rings (Ag-N=2.39(1)Å), two O atoms of two benzoyl groups (Ag-O=2.60(1)Å) and two O atoms of the nitrato group (Ag-O=2,60(1) Å). The coordination around the silver atom defines a very distorted octahedron with the C2 symmetry. The twofold axis passes through one O and the N nitrato atoms, and the silver atom. The nitrato group and tBBA act as bidentate ligands. These results are in contrast with our previous studies on aziridine zinc (II) complexation where the zinc atom is not coordinated by the benzoyl group.