μ-Chlorido-bis-{[1-benzyl-3-(2,4,6-tri-methyl-phen-yl)imidazol-2-yl-idene-κ C]silver(I)} chloride 1,2-di-chloro-ethane hemisolvate

Kotiba Malek; Kuppuswamy Arumugam

doi:10.1107/S2414314624008617

μ-Chlorido-bis-{[1-benzyl-3-(2,4,6-tri-methyl-phen-yl)imidazol-2-yl-idene-κ C]silver(I)} chloride 1,2-di-chloro-ethane hemisolvate

IUCrdata. 2024 Sep 10;9(Pt 9):x240861. doi: 10.1107/S2414314624008617. eCollection 2024 Sep.

Authors

Kotiba Malek¹, Kuppuswamy Arumugam¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, USA.

Abstract

The title compound, [Ag₂(C₁₉H₂₀N₂)₄]Cl·0.5C₂H₄Cl₂, can be readily generated by treatment of (1-benzyl-3-(2,4,6-tri-methyl-phen-yl)imidazolium chloride with sodium bis-(tri-methyl-sil-yl)amide followed by silver chloride. The mol-ecular structure of the compound was confirmed using NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal structure of the title compound at 110 K has monoclinic (P2₁/c) symmetry. The represented silver compound is of inter-est with respect to anti-bacterial properties and the structure displays a series of weak inter-molecular hydrogen-bonding inter-actions with the chloride counter-anion.

Keywords: N-heterocyclic carbene; bis(NHC) silver complex; crystal structure; silver chloride.