H. Rudler et al., X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF (TETRAPHENYLIMIDODIPHOSPHINATO)SILVER(I) AN UNEXPECTED TETRANUCLEAR COMPLEX WITH 2 MODES OF COORDINATION OF SILVER, Chemical communications, (23), 1997, pp. 2299-2300
Potassium tetraphenylimidodiphosphinate reacts with silver nitrate to
give, upon recrystallization from ethanol, an unexpected tetranuclear
complex [Ag{N(OPPh2)(2)}](4) . 2EtOH, the structure of which is establ
ished by X-ray crystallography; preliminary results concerning its use
as a catalyst for the aerobic co-oxidation of alkenes and aldehydes a
re described.