Organometallic Compounds of Silver

Organometallic compounds of silver [2(f), 6] are restricted to the silver(I) state and are usually light, air and moisture sensitive. Simple alkyls are unstable at room temperature though some fluoroalkyls are isolable. Therefore, perfluoroisopropylsilver is stable to 60°C as a MeCN adduct. Alkenyls 

Silver aryls are also stable, prepared using either diarylzinc or trialkylaryl-lead (or tin) compounds 

AgPh is a colourless solid [144] that is rather insoluble in non-donor solvents and appears to be polymeric (AgPh) (n 10) in addition mixed compounds (AgPh) .AgN03 (n = 2,5) can also be obtained that involve silver clusters. Mesitylsilver is a thermally stable (but light-sensitive) white crystalline solid in the solid state it is tetrameric (in contrast to the pentameric copper and gold analogues)  

With the even more sterically hindered 2,4,6-Ph3C6H2 ligand, 1-coordinate (2,4,6-Ph3QH2)Ag has been claimed, though this is controversial [146]. 

Aryl compounds containing another donor atom in the orf/io-position like Ag(C6H4CH2NMe2) have also been isolated (they are probably clusters). 

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