A non-solvated form of [(Z)- O-methyl- N-(2-methyl-phen-yl)-thio-carbamato-κ S](tri-phenyl-phosphane-κ P)gold(I): crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis

Chien Ing Yeo; Sang Loon Tan; Edward R T Tiekink

doi:10.1107/S2056989016014419

A non-solvated form of [(Z)- O-methyl- N-(2-methyl-phen-yl)-thio-carbamato-κ S](tri-phenyl-phosphane-κ P)gold(I): crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2016 Sep 16;72(Pt 10):1446-1452. doi: 10.1107/S2056989016014419. eCollection 2016 Oct 1.

Authors

Chien Ing Yeo¹, Sang Loon Tan¹, Edward R T Tiekink¹

Affiliation

¹ Research Centre for Crystalline Materials, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sunway University, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

Abstract

The title compound, [Au(C₉H₁₀NOS)(C₁₈H₁₅P)], features a near linear P-Au-S arrangement defined by phosphane P and thiol-ate S atoms with the minor distortion from the ideal [P-Au-S is 177.61 (2)°] being traced in part to the close intra-molecular approach of an O atom [Au⋯O = 3.040 (2) Å]. The packing features supra-molecular layers lying parallel to (011) sustained by a combination of C-H⋯π and π-π [inter-centroid distance = 3.8033 (17) Å] inter-actions. The mol-ecular structure and packing are compared with those determined for a previously reported hemi-methanol solvate [Kuan et al. (2008 ▸). CrystEngComm, 10, 548-564]. Relatively minor differences are noted in the conformations of the rings in the Au-containing mol-ecules. A Hirshfeld surface analysis confirms the similarity in the packing with the most notable differences relating to the formation of C-H⋯S contacts between the constituents of the solvate.

Keywords: Hirshfeld surface analysis; crystal structure; gold; solvatomorphs; thiocarbamate.