X-ray crystal structure of [L (2)Ag(3)](+)[OTf](-)·5C(6)D(6): a monoanionic bis-phosphinimine ligand supported tris-ilver complex.

The compound bis-{μ(3)-2,5-bis-[N-(4-iso-propyl-phen-yl)-P,P-di-phenyl-phospho-r-im-i-do-yl]pyrrol-1-ido-κ(3) N:N':N''}tris-ilver(I) tri-fluoro-methane-sulfonate deuterated benzene penta-solvate, [Ag(3)(C(46)H(44)N(3)P(2))(2)](CF(3)O(3)S)·5C(6)D(6), (I), was synthesized from two equivalents of NaL [L = 2,5-(4- (i) PrC(6)H(4)N=PPh(2))C(4)H(2)N] and three equivalents of AgOTf (OTf = OSO(2)CF(3)). High-quality crystals of (I) formed with five deuterated benzene solvent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. Notably, the bond lengths and angles between the three silver atoms are markedly different, unlike in most other reported tris-ilver complexes that tend to form three equivalent metal centers. Additionally, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a tris-ilver complex with six nitro-gen donors from two bis-phosphinimine ligands.