Bis(1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione-κN,N')silver(I) tetra-fluoridoborate

Jonathan Onuegbu; Ray J Butcher; Charles Hosten; Uche Charles Udeochu; Oladapo Bakare

doi:10.1107/S160053680903222X

Bis(1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione-κN,N')silver(I) tetra-fluoridoborate

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2009 Aug 22;65(Pt 9):m1119-20. doi: 10.1107/S160053680903222X.

Authors

Jonathan Onuegbu¹, Ray J Butcher, Charles Hosten, Uche Charles Udeochu, Oladapo Bakare

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA.

Abstract

In the structure of the title compound, [Ag(C(12)H(6)N(2)O(2))(2)]BF(4) or [AgL(2)]BF(4) (L = phendione), the Ag and B atoms are located on twofold rotation axes. The dihedral angle between the two phendione ligands is 36.7 (2)°. The coordination about the Ag(I) center is distorted tetra-hedral (τ(4) = 0.546). The crystal structure is consolidated by weak C-H⋯O(phendione) and C-H⋯F(BF(4) (-)) inter-actions. The BF(4) (-) counter-anion is strongly disordered and was modelled with two sets of idealized F atoms.