[AgS(SCHCH Bu)(dpph)]: synthesis, crystal structure and NMR investigations of a soluble silver chalcogenide nanocluster.

With the aim to synthesize soluble cluster molecules, the silver salt of (4-(-butyl)phenyl)methanethiol [AgSCHCH Bu] was applied as a suitable precursor for the formation of a nanoscale silver sulfide cluster. In the presence of 1,6-(diphenylphosphino)hexane (dpph), the 115 nuclear silver cluster [AgS(SCHCH Bu)(dpph)] was obtained. The molecular structure of this compound was elucidated by single crystal X-ray analysis and fully characterized by spectroscopic techniques.