A cleavage of the S-C bond in 2-aminothiophenal

The reaction of AgNO3, NaS(2)CNEt(2) and H(2)NPhSH in the presence of (Ph(3)P)(3)CuCl in MeOH gave a polynuclear silver cluster compound, [Ag-11(mu(5)-S)(mu(4)-S(2)CNEt(2))(6)(mu(3)-S(2)CNEt(2))(3)]. A cleavage of the S-C bond and release of S2- from 2-amino-thiophenal occurred in the reaction. The core of Ag11S consists of five layers: Ag, 3Ag, 3AgS, 3Ag and Ag. The average Ag-Ag and Ag-S-c (S-c for core sulfur atom) distances are 3.046 and 2.513 Angstrom, respectively. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd