The synthesis and crystal structure of bis-[3,3-diethyl-1-(phenyl-imino-κ)thio-urea-κ]silver hexa-fluorido-phosphate.

The structure of the title complex, [Ag(CHNS)]PF, has monoclinic (2/) symmetry, and the silver atom has a distorted square-planar geometry. The coordination complex crystallized from mixing silver hexa-fluorido-phosphate with a concentrated tetra-hydro-furan solution of ,-di-ethyl-phenyl-azo-thio-formamide [ATF; systematic name: 3,3-diethyl-1-(phenyl-imino)-thio-urea] under ambient conditions. The resultant coordination complex exhibits a 2:1 ligand-to-metal ratio, with the silver(I) atom having a fourfold AgNS coordination sphere, with a single PF counter-ion.