X-ray crystal structure of [L (2)Ag(3)](+)[OTf](−)·5C(6)D(6): a monoanionic bis­phosphinimine ligand supported tris­ilver complex

The compound bis­{μ(3)-2,5-bis­[N-(4-iso­propyl­phen­yl)-P,P-di­phenyl­phospho­r­im­i­do­yl]pyrrol-1-ido-κ(3) N:N′:N′′}tris­ilver(I) tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate deuterated benzene penta­solvate, [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 mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. Notably, the bond lengths and angles between the three silver atoms are markedly different, unlike in most other reported tris­ilver complexes that tend to form three equivalent metal centers. Additionally, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a tris­ilver complex with six nitro­gen donors from two bis­phosphinimine ligands.