Silver complexes 1.2- dithiolenes

A recent review on transition metal complexes of 1,2-dithiolenes summarizes the virtually non-existent literature dealing with silver complexes. Only one general report exists for then-production, which gave complexes of the type [AgL (CI04)] [where n = 1, 2 and L = various thioethers, C2H2(SH)2, C6H4(SH)2, o-MeC6H3(SH)2, maleonitriledithiolate (mnt ) and toluene 3,4-dithiolate (tdt )]. An early report claimed the existence of an ESR-detectable Ag(mnt)2 species however, this could not be obtained free from impurities °... 

The expansion in dithiolene chemistry is due to a wide variety of applications of this type of compound in fungicides, pesticides, fingerprint developers, specific analytical reagents and highly electrical conductors. There are a number of examples of 1,2-dithiolene and diselenolene gold complexes, but to our knowledge there are no examples of silver for which electrochemical data are available. 

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