Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.38, No.6, 1364-1367, 1999
Aggregation of the half-sandwich trisulfido complex of tungsten with silver ions: Synthesis of a cyanide-bridged helical polymer {[(eta(5)-C5Me5)WS3](2)Ag-3(CN)}(infinity) and a cyclic cluster [(eta(5)-C5Me5)WS3Ag](4)
An unusual cyanide-bridged helical polymer {[(eta(5)-C5Me5)WS3](2)Ag-3(CN)}(infinity) (1) was obtained from the reaction between (PPh4)[(eta(5)-C5Me5)WS3] and AgCN, which also gave a trace amount of an octanuclear cluster [(eta(5)-C5Me5)WS3Ag](4) (2). The latter cluster 2 was prepared in high yield from the reaction of (PPh4)[(eta(5)-C5Me5)WS3] with [Ag(CH3CN)(4)](PF6).