Di-μ-iodido-bis­{[dicyclo­hexyl(phen­yl)phosphine-κP](pyridine-κN)silver(I)}

Omondi, B.; Meijboom, R.

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Di-μ-iodido-bis{[dicyclohexyl(phenyl)phosphine-κP](pyridine-κN)silver(I)}

Bernard Omondi ^a and Reinout Meijboom ^a ^*

^aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
^*Correspondence e-mail: rmeijboom@uj.ac.za

(Received 23 March 2009; accepted 25 March 2009; online 31 March 2009)

The title compound, [Ag₂I₂(C₅H₅N)₂(C₁₈H₂₇P)₂], contains centrosymmetric dinuclear species in which each Ag atom is surrounded by a phosphine ligand, a weakly coordinating pyridine ligand and two iodide anions in a distorted tetrahedral coordination. The two iodide anions bridge the Ag atoms, which are separated by a distance of 3.1008 (6) Å. The Ag—P distance is 2.4436 (8) Å, Ag—N is 2.386 (3)Å and the Ag—I distances are 2.8186 (4) and 2.9449 (5) Å.

Related literature

For a review of the chemistry of silver(I) complexes, see: Meijboom et al. (2009 ). For the coordination chemistry of AgX salts (X⁻ = F⁻, Cl⁻, Br⁻, I⁻, BF₄⁻, PF₆⁻, NO₃⁻ etc) with group 15 donor ligands, with the main focus on tertiary phosphines and in their context as potential antitumor agents, see: Berners-Price et al. (1998 ); Liu et al. (2008 ). For tertiary phosphine silver(I) complexes of mixed-base species, see: Engelhardt et al. (1989 ); Gotsis et al. (1989 ); Meijboom & Muller (2006 ). The unsymmetrical core (Ag—I—Ag′—I′) may be attributed to the partial separation of dimer into monomer of such complexes, see: Bowmaker et al. (1996 ); Meijboom & Muller (2006). For the solution behaviour of [L_nAgX] complexes, see: Muetterties & Alegranti (1972 ).

Experimental

Crystal data

[Ag₂I₂(C₅H₅N)₂(C₁₈H₂₇P)₂]
M_r = 1176.47
Triclinic, $[P \overline 1]$
a = 9.5970 (12) Å
b = 9.9816 (13) Å
c = 14.1437 (18) Å
α = 90.484 (3)°
β = 102.404 (2)°
γ = 112.704 (2)°
V = 1214.4 (3) Å³
Z = 1
Mo Kα radiation
μ = 2.18 mm⁻¹
T = 293 K
0.3 × 0.22 × 0.09 mm

Data collection

Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004 ) T_min = 0.562, T_max = 0.828
7951 measured reflections
5723 independent reflections
4310 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
R_int = 0.014

Refinement

R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.031
wR(F²) = 0.073
S = 1.02
5723 reflections
244 parameters
H-atom parameters constrained
Δρ_max = 0.50 e Å⁻³
Δρ_min = −0.81 e Å⁻³

Table 1
Comparison of geometric parameters (Å, °) for selected [XAg(py)(P₃)₂] (X = Cl, Br or I) entities

X	Ag—X	Ag—X	Ag⋯Ag	Ag—N	Ag—P	X—Ag—X	Ag—I—Ag
I^a	2.8186 (4)	2.9449 (5)	3.1008 (6)	2.386 (3)	2.4436 (8)	114.947 (10)	65.053 (10)
I^b	2.8402 (12)	2.8644 (8)	3.1130 (18)	2.392 (3)	2.4489 (12)	113.84 (4)	66.16 (4)
I^c	2.814	2.875	3.343	2.422	2.440	108.02	71.98
Br^c	2.701	2.733	3.499	2.391	2.415	99.85	80.15
Cl^c	2.614	2.618	3.507	2.402	2.400	95.82	84.18
Notes: (a) This work; (b) Meijboom & Muller (2006); (c) Gotsis et al. (1989), extracted from the Cambridge Structural Database (Allen (2002 ), CSD CODES are VEFRUT for X = I, VEFRON for X = Br and VEFRIH for X = Cl.

Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2004); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg & Putz, 2005 ); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999 ).

Supporting information

Crystal structure: contains datablocks global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S160053680901099X/hg2494sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S160053680901099X/hg2494Isup2.hkl

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Comment top

The chemistry of silver(I) complexes has been reviewed recently with regards to the coordination chemistry, the design of coordination networks and polymers containing nitrogen-donor ligands and to the chemistry of silver scorpionates and carboxylates (Meijboom et al., 2009). Our interest has been on the coordination chemistry of AgX salts (X^- = F^-, Cl^-, Br^-, I^-, BF₄^-, PF₆^-, NO₃^- etc.) with Group 15 donor ligands with the main focus on tertiary phosphines and in their context as potential antitumor agents (Berners-Price et al., 1998; Liu et al., 2008).

Tertiary phosphine silver(I) complexes of mixed-base species have been reported but are not very common (Meijboom et al., 2009). Examples of these complexes include [XAg(py)(PPh₃)₂] (X = Cl or Br) (Engelhardt et al., 1989), [XAg(py)PPh₃]₂.C₅H₅N (X = Cl, Br or I) (Gotsis et al., 1989) and [IAg(py)(P-p-tol-Ph₃)]₂ (Meijboom & Muller, 2006). The preparation of [IAg(py)(Pcy₂Ph)]₂ (I) is similar to those reported and involves heating together stoichiometric mixtures of silver(I)iodide and dicyclohexylphenylphosphine in pyridine solution.

As pointed out earlier by Meijboom & Muller (2006), the resulting complex comprises of a 1:1:1 µ,µ'-diiodo-bridged dimer. The Ag atoms of this centrosymmetric title compound are coordinated to a phosphine ligand, a pyridine ligand and two iodide anions in a distorted tetrahedral manner. The bond angles around the Ag atoms are listed in Table 1. The Ag—P, Ag—N and Ag—I bond distances are typical of similar complexes. However the difference in the Ag—I and Ag—I' bond distances [2.8186 (4) and 2.9449 (5) Å] which results in an unsymmetrical core (Ag—I—Ag'-I') of the complex has been attributed to the partial separation of dimer into monomer of such complexes (Bowmaker et al., 1996; Meijboom & Muller, 2006).

In comparison (see Table 2), the same Ag—X bond distance seems larger in (I) as compared to those in [XAg(py)(PPh₃)]₂.C₅H₅N (X = Cl, Br or I) (Gotsis et al., 1989) and [IAg(py)(P-(p-tol)₃)]₂ (Meijboom and Muller, 2006) which are only slightly different. The bond angles in the core (Ag—X—Ag' and X—Ag—X') are similar in (I), [IAg(py)(P-(p-tol)₃)]₂ and [XAg(py)(PPh₃)]₂.C₅H₅N (X = I). In these structures the Ag—X—Ag' is much smaller than X—Ag—X'. The situation is slightly different for [XAg(py)(PPh₃)]₂.C₅H₅N (X = Cl or Br) in which the two angles are closer to 90°. Similarly the Ag···Ag bond distances are shorter in (I) and [IAg(py)(P-(p-tol)₃)]₂ but increases in [XAg(py)(PPh₃)]₂.C₅H₅N (X = Cl, Br or I). Ag—P and Ag—N bond distances are comparable in all five structures listed in Table 2.

Despite the number of structural reports of [L_nAgX] complexes, their solution behaviour, initiated by Muetterties & Alegranti (1972), has always shown that the coordinating ligands were labile in all complexes studied. Rapid ligand-exchange reactions have been reported for all ³¹P NMR spectroscopic investigations of ionic Ag^I monodentate phosphine complexes, thus making NMR spectroscopy of limited use for these types of complexes.

Related literature top

For a review of the chemistry of silver(I) complexes, see: Meijboom et al. (2009). For the coordination chemistry of AgX salts (X^- = F^-, Cl^-, Br^-, I^-, BF₄^-, PF₆^-, NO₃^- etc) with group 15 donor ligands, with the main focus on tertiary phosphines and in their context as potential antitumor agents, see: Berners-Price et al. (1998); Liu et al. (2008). For tertiary phosphine silver(I) complexes of mixed-base species, see: Engelhardt et al. (1989); Gotsis et al. (1989); Meijboom & Muller (2006). The unsymmetrical core (Ag—I—Ag'—I') may be attributed to the partial separation of dimer into monomer of such complexes, see: Bowmaker et al. (1996); Meijboom & Muller (2006). For the solution behaviour of [L_nAgX] complexes, see: Muetterties & Alegranti (1972).

Experimental top

Silver iodide (0.130 g, 0.43 mmol) and dicyclohexylphenylphosphine (1.009 g, 0.86 mmol) were suspended in pyridine (5 ml). The mixture was heated to give a clear solution. Colourless crystals of the title compound suitable for X-ray crystallography were obtained by slow evaporation.

Computing details top

Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2004); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg & Putz, 2005); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).

Figures top

Fig. 1. The molecular structure of (I), showing 50% probability displacement ellipsoids. H atoms have been omitted for clarity. For the C atoms, the first digit indicates the ring number and the second digit indicates the position of the atom in the ring. Primed atoms are generated by the symmetry code (1 - x, 1 - y, 1 - z).

Di-µ-iodido-bis{[dicyclohexyl(phenyl)phosphine-κP](pyridine-κN)silver(I)} top

Crystal data top

[Ag₂I₂(C₅H₅N)₂(C₁₈H₂₇P)₂]	Z = 1
M_r = 1176.47	F(000) = 584
Triclinic, P1	D_x = 1.609 Mg m⁻³
Hall symbol: -P 1	Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 9.5970 (12) Å	Cell parameters from 8087 reflections
b = 9.9816 (13) Å	θ = 1.5–28°
c = 14.1437 (18) Å	µ = 2.18 mm⁻¹
α = 90.484 (3)°	T = 293 K
β = 102.404 (2)°	Plate, colourless
γ = 112.704 (2)°	0.3 × 0.22 × 0.09 mm
V = 1214.4 (3) Å³

Data collection top

Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer	4310 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
ω scans	R_int = 0.014
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004)	θ_max = 28°, θ_min = 1.5°
T_min = 0.562, T_max = 0.828	h = −12→12
7951 measured reflections	k = −11→13
5723 independent reflections	l = −14→18

Refinement top

Refinement on F²	0 restraints
Least-squares matrix: full	H-atom parameters constrained
R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.031	w = 1/[σ²(F_o²) + (0.0363P)²] where P = (F_o² + 2F_c²)/3
wR(F²) = 0.073	(Δ/σ)_max = 0.002
S = 1.02	Δρ_max = 0.50 e Å⁻³
5723 reflections	Δρ_min = −0.81 e Å⁻³
244 parameters

Crystal data top

[Ag₂I₂(C₅H₅N)₂(C₁₈H₂₇P)₂]	γ = 112.704 (2)°
M_r = 1176.47	V = 1214.4 (3) Å³
Triclinic, P1	Z = 1
a = 9.5970 (12) Å	Mo Kα radiation
b = 9.9816 (13) Å	µ = 2.18 mm⁻¹
c = 14.1437 (18) Å	T = 293 K
α = 90.484 (3)°	0.3 × 0.22 × 0.09 mm
β = 102.404 (2)°

Data collection top

Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer	5723 independent reflections
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004)	4310 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
T_min = 0.562, T_max = 0.828	R_int = 0.014
7951 measured reflections

Refinement top

R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.031	0 restraints
wR(F²) = 0.073	H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.02	Δρ_max = 0.50 e Å⁻³
5723 reflections	Δρ_min = −0.81 e Å⁻³
244 parameters

Special details top

Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	x	y	z	U_iso*/U_eq
Ag	0.64528 (3)	0.51283 (3)	0.579194 (16)	0.04387 (8)
I	0.67657 (2)	0.67819 (2)	0.418646 (15)	0.04704 (8)
P	0.75790 (9)	0.61782 (8)	0.74849 (5)	0.03498 (17)
N	0.7116 (3)	0.3242 (3)	0.5233 (2)	0.0496 (7)
C11	0.8282 (4)	0.4979 (3)	0.8258 (2)	0.0420 (7)
H11	0.8702	0.545	0.8926	0.05*
C12	0.6951 (4)	0.3510 (4)	0.8252 (3)	0.0545 (9)
H12A	0.6467	0.3071	0.7587	0.065*
H12B	0.6171	0.366	0.8525	0.065*
C13	0.7541 (6)	0.2473 (5)	0.8845 (3)	0.0758 (12)
H13A	0.792	0.2863	0.9524	0.091*
H13B	0.6687	0.1531	0.8799	0.091*
C14	0.8837 (6)	0.2275 (5)	0.8483 (3)	0.0793 (13)
H14A	0.9225	0.1663	0.8897	0.095*
H14B	0.8427	0.1782	0.7828	0.095*
C15	1.0152 (5)	0.3712 (5)	0.8482 (3)	0.0745 (12)
H15A	1.0921	0.3552	0.8204	0.089*
H15B	1.0647	0.415	0.9147	0.089*
C16	0.9582 (4)	0.4757 (4)	0.7898 (3)	0.0535 (9)
H16A	0.9202	0.4372	0.7218	0.064*
H16B	1.0446	0.5692	0.7948	0.064*
C21	0.6083 (4)	0.6419 (3)	0.8017 (2)	0.0403 (7)
H21	0.5195	0.5473	0.7889	0.048*
C22	0.5502 (4)	0.7498 (4)	0.7480 (2)	0.0523 (8)
H22A	0.5176	0.7192	0.6787	0.063*
H22B	0.6344	0.8457	0.7585	0.063*
C23	0.4137 (5)	0.7582 (5)	0.7837 (3)	0.0680 (11)
H23A	0.3842	0.8322	0.752	0.082*
H23B	0.3253	0.6653	0.7659	0.082*
C24	0.4547 (5)	0.7946 (5)	0.8927 (3)	0.0713 (11)
H24A	0.5336	0.8932	0.9096	0.086*
H24B	0.3633	0.7912	0.9132	0.086*
C25	0.5139 (5)	0.6903 (5)	0.9458 (3)	0.0643 (10)
H25A	0.4306	0.5939	0.9355	0.077*
H25B	0.5458	0.7213	1.015	0.077*
C26	0.6511 (4)	0.6823 (4)	0.9116 (2)	0.0512 (8)
H26A	0.6819	0.6099	0.9447	0.061*
H26B	0.7386	0.776	0.9282	0.061*
C31	0.9209 (3)	0.7958 (3)	0.7758 (2)	0.0386 (7)
C32	0.9355 (4)	0.8901 (4)	0.7032 (2)	0.0473 (8)
H32	0.8637	0.8606	0.6435	0.057*
C33	1.0555 (5)	1.0272 (4)	0.7185 (3)	0.0628 (10)
H33	1.0619	1.0899	0.6698	0.075*
C34	1.1638 (5)	1.0704 (4)	0.8043 (4)	0.0713 (12)
H34	1.2464	1.1611	0.8134	0.086*
C35	1.1515 (5)	0.9803 (4)	0.8779 (3)	0.0714 (12)
H35	1.2242	1.011	0.9374	0.086*
C36	1.0303 (4)	0.8434 (4)	0.8631 (3)	0.0583 (9)
H36	1.0227	0.7828	0.913	0.07*
C41	0.6644 (5)	0.1923 (4)	0.5544 (3)	0.0605 (10)
H41	0.592	0.1694	0.5925	0.073*
C42	0.7168 (5)	0.0881 (4)	0.5333 (3)	0.0694 (11)
H42	0.6801	−0.0032	0.5562	0.083*
C43	0.8250 (5)	0.1217 (5)	0.4776 (3)	0.0759 (12)
H43	0.8629	0.0536	0.462	0.091*
C44	0.8749 (5)	0.2560 (5)	0.4461 (3)	0.0742 (12)
H44	0.9491	0.2818	0.4092	0.089*
C45	0.8155 (4)	0.3540 (4)	0.4688 (3)	0.0577 (9)
H45	0.8491	0.445	0.4453	0.069*

Atomic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	U¹¹	U²²	U³³	U¹²	U¹³	U²³
Ag	0.05080 (15)	0.04133 (14)	0.03791 (14)	0.01641 (11)	0.01097 (11)	0.00158 (10)
I	0.04314 (13)	0.04213 (13)	0.04845 (13)	0.00716 (9)	0.01405 (9)	0.01362 (9)
P	0.0372 (4)	0.0322 (4)	0.0333 (4)	0.0111 (3)	0.0089 (3)	0.0039 (3)
N	0.0534 (17)	0.0422 (16)	0.0540 (17)	0.0210 (13)	0.0105 (13)	−0.0023 (13)
C11	0.0486 (18)	0.0421 (18)	0.0354 (16)	0.0202 (15)	0.0056 (13)	0.0075 (13)
C12	0.069 (2)	0.044 (2)	0.058 (2)	0.0240 (18)	0.0271 (18)	0.0196 (16)
C13	0.113 (4)	0.055 (2)	0.077 (3)	0.043 (3)	0.039 (3)	0.033 (2)
C14	0.116 (4)	0.065 (3)	0.083 (3)	0.061 (3)	0.029 (3)	0.025 (2)
C15	0.087 (3)	0.082 (3)	0.073 (3)	0.059 (3)	0.008 (2)	0.010 (2)
C16	0.049 (2)	0.056 (2)	0.060 (2)	0.0265 (18)	0.0120 (16)	0.0077 (17)
C21	0.0408 (16)	0.0372 (17)	0.0412 (17)	0.0113 (14)	0.0144 (13)	0.0015 (13)
C22	0.058 (2)	0.061 (2)	0.048 (2)	0.0319 (18)	0.0179 (16)	0.0101 (16)
C23	0.061 (2)	0.089 (3)	0.069 (3)	0.045 (2)	0.018 (2)	0.012 (2)
C24	0.072 (3)	0.083 (3)	0.077 (3)	0.041 (2)	0.036 (2)	0.006 (2)
C25	0.070 (3)	0.074 (3)	0.052 (2)	0.023 (2)	0.0297 (19)	0.0040 (19)
C26	0.060 (2)	0.058 (2)	0.0408 (18)	0.0264 (18)	0.0168 (16)	0.0084 (16)
C31	0.0359 (16)	0.0343 (16)	0.0443 (17)	0.0119 (13)	0.0106 (13)	0.0023 (13)
C32	0.0523 (19)	0.0419 (18)	0.0453 (18)	0.0133 (15)	0.0170 (15)	0.0050 (14)
C33	0.065 (2)	0.044 (2)	0.071 (3)	0.0054 (18)	0.029 (2)	0.0085 (18)
C34	0.051 (2)	0.041 (2)	0.107 (4)	0.0028 (17)	0.019 (2)	−0.005 (2)
C35	0.058 (2)	0.049 (2)	0.081 (3)	0.0091 (19)	−0.014 (2)	−0.013 (2)
C36	0.057 (2)	0.049 (2)	0.055 (2)	0.0164 (18)	−0.0032 (17)	0.0035 (17)
C41	0.066 (2)	0.050 (2)	0.069 (2)	0.0227 (19)	0.023 (2)	0.0046 (18)
C42	0.083 (3)	0.046 (2)	0.080 (3)	0.030 (2)	0.013 (2)	0.003 (2)
C43	0.080 (3)	0.068 (3)	0.094 (3)	0.050 (3)	0.012 (3)	−0.009 (2)
C44	0.066 (3)	0.071 (3)	0.097 (3)	0.035 (2)	0.029 (2)	−0.003 (2)
C45	0.053 (2)	0.052 (2)	0.069 (2)	0.0200 (18)	0.0172 (18)	0.0013 (18)

Geometric parameters (Å, º) top

Ag—N	2.386 (3)	C22—H22B	0.97
Ag—P	2.4436 (8)	C23—C24	1.510 (5)
Ag—I	2.8186 (4)	C23—H23A	0.97
Ag—Iⁱ	2.9449 (5)	C23—H23B	0.97
Ag—Agⁱ	3.1008 (6)	C24—C25	1.503 (5)
I—Agⁱ	2.9449 (4)	C24—H24A	0.97
P—C31	1.827 (3)	C24—H24B	0.97
P—C11	1.847 (3)	C25—C26	1.525 (5)
P—C21	1.847 (3)	C25—H25A	0.97
N—C41	1.329 (4)	C25—H25B	0.97
N—C45	1.334 (4)	C26—H26A	0.97
C11—C12	1.527 (5)	C26—H26B	0.97
C11—C16	1.532 (4)	C31—C36	1.379 (4)
C11—H11	0.98	C31—C32	1.391 (4)
C12—C13	1.536 (5)	C32—C33	1.384 (5)
C12—H12A	0.97	C32—H32	0.93
C12—H12B	0.97	C33—C34	1.358 (6)
C13—C14	1.521 (6)	C33—H33	0.93
C13—H13A	0.97	C34—C35	1.376 (6)
C13—H13B	0.97	C34—H34	0.93
C14—C15	1.501 (6)	C35—C36	1.389 (5)
C14—H14A	0.97	C35—H35	0.93
C14—H14B	0.97	C36—H36	0.93
C15—C16	1.526 (5)	C41—C42	1.374 (5)
C15—H15A	0.97	C41—H41	0.93
C15—H15B	0.97	C42—C43	1.378 (6)
C16—H16A	0.97	C42—H42	0.93
C16—H16B	0.97	C43—C44	1.353 (6)
C21—C26	1.528 (4)	C43—H43	0.93
C21—C22	1.530 (4)	C44—C45	1.376 (5)
C21—H21	0.98	C44—H44	0.93
C22—C23	1.532 (5)	C45—H45	0.93
C22—H22A	0.97

N—Ag—P	118.15 (7)	C21—C22—H22A	109.4
N—Ag—I	98.31 (7)	C23—C22—H22A	109.4
P—Ag—I	123.82 (2)	C21—C22—H22B	109.4
N—Ag—Iⁱ	95.85 (7)	C23—C22—H22B	109.4
P—Ag—Iⁱ	102.83 (2)	H22A—C22—H22B	108
I—Ag—Iⁱ	114.947 (10)	C24—C23—C22	111.6 (3)
N—Ag—Agⁱ	103.19 (7)	C24—C23—H23A	109.3
P—Ag—Agⁱ	135.80 (2)	C22—C23—H23A	109.3
I—Ag—Agⁱ	59.443 (10)	C24—C23—H23B	109.3
Iⁱ—Ag—Agⁱ	55.505 (11)	C22—C23—H23B	109.3
Ag—I—Agⁱ	65.053 (10)	H23A—C23—H23B	108
C31—P—C11	104.16 (14)	C25—C24—C23	111.7 (3)
C31—P—C21	104.32 (14)	C25—C24—H24A	109.3
C11—P—C21	105.76 (14)	C23—C24—H24A	109.3
C31—P—Ag	119.07 (10)	C25—C24—H24B	109.3
C11—P—Ag	112.57 (10)	C23—C24—H24B	109.3
C21—P—Ag	109.89 (10)	H24A—C24—H24B	107.9
C41—N—C45	116.9 (3)	C24—C25—C26	111.9 (3)
C41—N—Ag	122.4 (2)	C24—C25—H25A	109.2
C45—N—Ag	120.1 (2)	C26—C25—H25A	109.2
C12—C11—C16	110.3 (3)	C24—C25—H25B	109.2
C12—C11—P	110.5 (2)	C26—C25—H25B	109.2
C16—C11—P	109.9 (2)	H25A—C25—H25B	107.9
C12—C11—H11	108.7	C25—C26—C21	110.9 (3)
C16—C11—H11	108.7	C25—C26—H26A	109.5
P—C11—H11	108.7	C21—C26—H26A	109.5
C11—C12—C13	110.9 (3)	C25—C26—H26B	109.5
C11—C12—H12A	109.5	C21—C26—H26B	109.5
C13—C12—H12A	109.5	H26A—C26—H26B	108.1
C11—C12—H12B	109.5	C36—C31—C32	117.7 (3)
C13—C12—H12B	109.5	C36—C31—P	124.7 (3)
H12A—C12—H12B	108	C32—C31—P	117.6 (2)
C14—C13—C12	111.5 (3)	C33—C32—C31	121.0 (3)
C14—C13—H13A	109.3	C33—C32—H32	119.5
C12—C13—H13A	109.3	C31—C32—H32	119.5
C14—C13—H13B	109.3	C34—C33—C32	120.2 (4)
C12—C13—H13B	109.3	C34—C33—H33	119.9
H13A—C13—H13B	108	C32—C33—H33	119.9
C15—C14—C13	111.6 (4)	C33—C34—C35	120.1 (3)
C15—C14—H14A	109.3	C33—C34—H34	119.9
C13—C14—H14A	109.3	C35—C34—H34	119.9
C15—C14—H14B	109.3	C34—C35—C36	119.7 (4)
C13—C14—H14B	109.3	C34—C35—H35	120.1
H14A—C14—H14B	108	C36—C35—H35	120.1
C14—C15—C16	111.4 (4)	C31—C36—C35	121.2 (4)
C14—C15—H15A	109.4	C31—C36—H36	119.4
C16—C15—H15A	109.4	C35—C36—H36	119.4
C14—C15—H15B	109.4	N—C41—C42	123.5 (4)
C16—C15—H15B	109.4	N—C41—H41	118.2
H15A—C15—H15B	108	C42—C41—H41	118.2
C15—C16—C11	112.1 (3)	C41—C42—C43	118.6 (4)
C15—C16—H16A	109.2	C41—C42—H42	120.7
C11—C16—H16A	109.2	C43—C42—H42	120.7
C15—C16—H16B	109.2	C44—C43—C42	118.5 (4)
C11—C16—H16B	109.2	C44—C43—H43	120.8
H16A—C16—H16B	107.9	C42—C43—H43	120.8
C26—C21—C22	110.5 (3)	C43—C44—C45	119.7 (4)
C26—C21—P	116.8 (2)	C43—C44—H44	120.2
C22—C21—P	110.4 (2)	C45—C44—H44	120.2
C26—C21—H21	106.2	N—C45—C44	122.8 (4)
C22—C21—H21	106.2	N—C45—H45	118.6
P—C21—H21	106.2	C44—C45—H45	118.6
C21—C22—C23	111.1 (3)

N—Ag—I—Agⁱ	100.46 (7)	C31—P—C21—C26	−61.2 (3)
P—Ag—I—Agⁱ	−127.34 (3)	C11—P—C21—C26	48.3 (3)
Iⁱ—Ag—I—Agⁱ	0	Ag—P—C21—C26	170.1 (2)
N—Ag—P—C31	102.47 (14)	C31—P—C21—C22	66.0 (3)
I—Ag—P—C31	−21.28 (12)	C11—P—C21—C22	175.6 (2)
Iⁱ—Ag—P—C31	−153.61 (11)	Ag—P—C21—C22	−62.7 (2)
Agⁱ—Ag—P—C31	−100.40 (12)	C26—C21—C22—C23	−55.6 (4)
N—Ag—P—C11	−19.81 (14)	P—C21—C22—C23	173.7 (3)
I—Ag—P—C11	−143.57 (11)	C21—C22—C23—C24	54.9 (5)
Iⁱ—Ag—P—C11	84.11 (11)	C22—C23—C24—C25	−54.4 (5)
Agⁱ—Ag—P—C11	137.32 (11)	C23—C24—C25—C26	54.9 (5)
N—Ag—P—C21	−137.39 (13)	C24—C25—C26—C21	−55.8 (4)
I—Ag—P—C21	98.85 (11)	C22—C21—C26—C25	55.9 (4)
Iⁱ—Ag—P—C21	−33.48 (11)	P—C21—C26—C25	−176.9 (2)
Agⁱ—Ag—P—C21	19.73 (11)	C11—P—C31—C36	−28.3 (3)
P—Ag—N—C41	68.4 (3)	C21—P—C31—C36	82.4 (3)
I—Ag—N—C41	−155.9 (3)	Ag—P—C31—C36	−154.7 (3)
Iⁱ—Ag—N—C41	−39.6 (3)	C11—P—C31—C32	151.8 (2)
Agⁱ—Ag—N—C41	−95.5 (3)	C21—P—C31—C32	−97.5 (3)
P—Ag—N—C45	−102.6 (3)	Ag—P—C31—C32	25.4 (3)
I—Ag—N—C45	33.1 (3)	C36—C31—C32—C33	−0.3 (5)
Iⁱ—Ag—N—C45	149.5 (3)	P—C31—C32—C33	179.6 (3)
Agⁱ—Ag—N—C45	93.6 (3)	C31—C32—C33—C34	1.8 (6)
C31—P—C11—C12	169.8 (2)	C32—C33—C34—C35	−2.5 (6)
C21—P—C11—C12	60.2 (3)	C33—C34—C35—C36	1.7 (6)
Ag—P—C11—C12	−59.8 (2)	C32—C31—C36—C35	−0.5 (5)
C31—P—C11—C16	−68.2 (3)	P—C31—C36—C35	179.6 (3)
C21—P—C11—C16	−177.8 (2)	C34—C35—C36—C31	−0.2 (6)
Ag—P—C11—C16	62.2 (2)	C45—N—C41—C42	−0.1 (6)
C16—C11—C12—C13	55.0 (4)	Ag—N—C41—C42	−171.3 (3)
P—C11—C12—C13	176.8 (2)	N—C41—C42—C43	0.5 (6)
C11—C12—C13—C14	−55.7 (5)	C41—C42—C43—C44	0.0 (7)
C12—C13—C14—C15	55.5 (5)	C42—C43—C44—C45	−1.0 (7)
C13—C14—C15—C16	−54.9 (5)	C41—N—C45—C44	−1.0 (6)
C14—C15—C16—C11	55.2 (4)	Ag—N—C45—C44	170.5 (3)
C12—C11—C16—C15	−55.1 (4)	C43—C44—C45—N	1.5 (7)
P—C11—C16—C15	−177.2 (3)

Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1.

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula	[Ag₂I₂(C₅H₅N)₂(C₁₈H₂₇P)₂]
M_r	1176.47
Crystal system, space group	Triclinic, P1
Temperature (K)	293
a, b, c (Å)	9.5970 (12), 9.9816 (13), 14.1437 (18)
α, β, γ (°)	90.484 (3), 102.404 (2), 112.704 (2)
V (Å³)	1214.4 (3)
Z	1
Radiation type	Mo Kα
µ (mm⁻¹)	2.18
Crystal size (mm)	0.3 × 0.22 × 0.09

Data collection
Diffractometer	Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer
Absorption correction	Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004)
T_min, T_max	0.562, 0.828
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections	7951, 5723, 4310
R_int	0.014
(sin θ/λ)_max (Å⁻¹)	0.661

Refinement
R[F² > 2σ(F²)], wR(F²), S	0.031, 0.073, 1.02
No. of reflections	5723
No. of parameters	244
H-atom treatment	H-atom parameters constrained
Δρ_max, Δρ_min (e Å⁻³)	0.50, −0.81

Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2004), SAINT (Bruker, 2004), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), DIAMOND (Brandenburg & Putz, 2005), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).

Selected geometric parameters (Å, º) top

Ag—N	2.386 (3)	Ag—Iⁱ	2.9449 (5)
Ag—P	2.4436 (8)	Ag—Agⁱ	3.1008 (6)
Ag—I	2.8186 (4)

N—Ag—P	118.15 (7)	N—Ag—Agⁱ	103.19 (7)
N—Ag—I	98.31 (7)	P—Ag—Agⁱ	135.80 (2)
P—Ag—I	123.82 (2)	I—Ag—Agⁱ	59.443 (10)
N—Ag—Iⁱ	95.85 (7)	Iⁱ—Ag—Agⁱ	55.505 (11)
I—Ag—Iⁱ	114.947 (10)	Ag—I—Agⁱ	65.053 (10)

N—Ag—I—Agⁱ	100.46 (7)	P—Ag—I—Agⁱ	−127.34 (3)

Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1.

Comparison of geometric parameters (Å, °) for selected [XAg(py)(P₃)₂] (X = Cl, Br or I) top

X	Ag—X	Ag—X	Ag···Ag	Ag—N	Ag—P	X—Ag—X	Ag—I—Ag
I^a	2.8186 (4)	2.9449 (5)	3.1008 (6)	2.386 (3)	2.4436 (8)	114.947 (10)	65.053 (10)
I^b	2.8402 (12)	2.8644 (8)	3.1130 (18)	2.392 (3)	2.4489 (12)	113.84 (4)	66.16 (4)
I^c	2.814	2.875	3.343	2.422	2.440	108.02	71.98
Br^c	2.701	2.733	3.499	2.391	2.415	99.85	80.15
Cl^c	2.614	2.618	3.507	2.402	2.400	95.82	84.18

Notes: (a) This work; (b) Meijboom & Muller (2006); (c) Gotsis et al. (1989), extracted from the Cambridge Structural Database (Allen (2002), CSD CODES are VEFRUT for X = I, VEFRON for X = Br and VEFRIH for X = Cl.

Acknowledgements

Financial assistance from the South African National Research Foundation and the University of Johannesburg is gratefully acknowledged. The University of the Witwatersrand (Professor D. Levendis and Professor D. G. Billing) is thanked for use of its diffractometer. Opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NRF.

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