Synthesis and Structure of [Ag₂₆In₁₈S₃₆Cl₆(dppm)₁₀(thf)₄][InCl₄(thf)]₂—A Combined Approach of Theory and Experiment

Abstract

Difficult to determine, the molecular structure of the ionic cluster [Ag26In18S36Cl6(dppm)10(thf)4]2+[InCl4(thf)−]2 (see picture, dppm=bis(diphenylphosphanyl)methane) was independently resolved by theoretical (density functional theory) and experimental (single-crystal XRD, FTMS) methods. The cluster was synthesized by the reaction of AgOOCPh and InCl3 with S(SiMe3)2 in the presence of the bidentate phosphane dppm.