The new complexes of tris(2-methoxy-5-bromophenyl)stibine with silver nitrate

By mixing solutions of tris(2-methoxy-5-bromophenyl)antimony and silver nitrate in a methanol : acetonitrile mixture (1:1 vol.), nitrato-O,O'-(acetonitrile)[tris(2-methoxy-5-bromophenyl)antimony]silver complex with the general formula [(C6H3ОMe-2-Br-5)3SbAg(μ2-NO3)(Ме3CN)]2·2[(C6H3ОMe-2-Br-5)3SbAgNO3(Ме3CN)] (1) has been obtained. An addition of silver nitrate solution in the methanol : acetonitrile mixture to the tris(2-methoxy-5-bromophenyl)antimony dioxane solution has led to the formation of a small amount of dark crystals of the ionic complex [(2-MeО-5-Br-C6H3)3SbAg(H2O)Sb(C6H3Br-5-OMe-2)3]+[(2-MeО-5-Br-C6H3)3SbAg(m-NO3)3 AgSb(C6H3Br-5-OMe-2)3]-×3C4H8O2 (2). Complexes 1 and 2 have been characterized by IR spectroscopy, and their structures have been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The IR spectra of complexes 1 and 2 contain the bands characterizing the Sb-O, Sb-C, С≡N-, and NO3-group band vibrations. X-ray diffraction analysis of the complexes has been carried out on an automatic four-circle D8 Quest Bruker diffractometer (МоКα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å, graphite monochromator) at 293 K. Crystallographic characteristics of 1: triclinic, P-1 space group, a = 9.32(3), b = 17.50(7), c = 17.97(5) Å, a = 97.56(14), β = 92.90(19), g = 99.45(19) grad., V = 2859(16) Å3, Z = 2, rcalc = 2.069 g/cm3, 2: monoclinic, С2/с space group, a = 17.417(14), b = 21.041(15), c = 32.01(2) Å, a = 90, β = 97.79(3), g = 90 grad., V = 11624(15) Å3, Z = 4, rcalc = 2.006 g/cm3. In the monomeric and dimeric molecules of crystal 1, nitrate ligands are chelating and bridging, respectively. In the cation of complex 2, the silver atom is bonded to two antimony ligands, the third coordination site is occupied by a water molecule. In the dimeric anion there are one antimony ligand and three bridging nitrate groups surrounding each silver atom.