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Crystal and mol­ecular structures of a binuclear mixed ligand complex of silver(I) with thio­cyanate and 1H-1,2,4-triazole-5(4H)-thione

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aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand, bMaterials and Textile Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12121, Thailand, cDepartment of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom, dCentre for Crystalline Materials, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sunway University, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, and eDepartment of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
*Correspondence e-mail: saowanit.sa@psu.ac.th

Edited by W. T. A. Harrison, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (Received 26 November 2019; accepted 4 December 2019; online 1 January 2020)

The complete mol­ecule of the binuclear title complex, bis­[μ-1H-1,2,4-triazole-5(4H)-thione-κ2S:S]bis­{(thio­cyanato-κS)[1H-1,2,4-triazole-5(4H)-thione-κS]silver(I)}, [Ag2(SCN)2(C2H3N3S)4], is generated by crystallographic inversion symmetry. The independent triazole-3-thione ligands employ the exocyclic-S atoms exclusively in coordination. One acts as a terminal S-ligand and the other in a bidentate (μ2) bridging mode to provide a link between two AgI centres. Each AgI atom is also coordinated by a terminal S-bound thio­cyanate ligand, resulting in a distorted AgS4 tetra­hedral coordination geometry. An intra­molecular N—H⋯S(thio­cyanate) hydrogen bond is noted. In the crystal, amine-N—H⋯S(thione), N—H⋯N(triazol­yl) and N—H⋯N(thio­cyanate) hydrogen bonds give rise to a three-dimensional architecture. The packing is consolidated by triazolyl-C—H⋯S(thio­cyanate), triazolyl-C—H⋯N(thiocyanate) and S⋯S [3.2463 (9) Å] inter­actions as well as face-to-face ππ stacking between the independent triazolyl rings [inter-centroid separation = 3.4444 (15) Å]. An analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surfaces shows the three major contributors are due to N⋯H/H⋯N, S⋯H/H⋯S and C⋯H/H⋯C contacts, at 35.8, 19.4 and 12.7%, respectively; H⋯H contacts contribute only 7.6% to the overall surface.

1. Chemical context

The title binuclear AgI complex, (I)[link], containing 1H-1,2,4-triazole-5(4H-thione) and thio­cyanate ligands has been synthesized and its crystal and mol­ecular structures determined as part of our on-going studies in this area (Kodcharat et al., 2013[Kodcharat, K., Pakawatchai, C. & Saithong, S. (2013). Acta Cryst. E69, m265-m266.]). Inter­est in the 1,2,4-triazole-based heterocyclic thione derives from the various medical applications and extensive biological activity exhibited by Schiff base mol­ecules derived from 1,2,4-triazoles. For example, these mol­ecules are known for their anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-tumour, anti-convulsant, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties (Al-Soud et al., 2003[Al-Soud, Y. A., Al-Masoudi, N. A. & Ferwanah, A. E. S. (2003). Bioorg. Med. Chem. 11, 1701-1708.]; Walczak et al., 2004[Walczak, K., Gondela, A. & Suwiński, J. (2004). Eur. J. Med. Chem. 39, 849-853.]; Almasirad et al., 2004[Almasirad, A., Tabatabai, S. A., Faizi, M., Kebriaeezadeh, A., Mehrabi, N., Dalvandi, A. & Shafiee, A. (2004). Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14, 6057-6059.]; Amir & Shikha, 2004[Amir, M. & Shikha, K. (2004). Eur. J. Med. Chem. 39, 535-545.]; Turan-Zitouni et al., 2005[Turan-Zitouni, G., Kaplancıklı, Z. A., Yıldız, M. T., Chevallet, P. & Kaya, D. (2005). Eur. J. Med. Chem. 40, 607-613.]). In addition, the synthesis and biological activities of coordination complexes of these mol­ecules continue to attract significant attention as coordination often enhances the biological activity of the organic mol­ecules (Dharmaraj et al., 2001[Dharmaraj, N., Viswanathamurthi, P. & Natarajan, K. (2001). Transit. Met. Chem. 26, 105-109.]; Singh et al., 2006[Singh, K., Singh, D. P., Barwa, M. S., Tyagi, P. & Mirza, Y. (2006). J. Enzyme Inhib. Med. Chem. 21, 557-562.]; Altundas et al., 2010[Altundas, A., Sarı, N., Colak, N. & Ögütcü, H. (2010). Med. Chem. Res. 19, 576-588.]; Amer et al., 2013[Amer, S., El-Wakiel, N. & El-Ghamry, H. (2013). J. Mol. Struct. 1049, 326-335.]; Bheeter et al., 2016[Bheeter, S. R., Rajalakshmi, R. T., Vasanth, N. & Dons, T. (2016). Int. J. Appl. Res. (Delhi), 2, 760-763.]).

[Scheme 1]

1H-1,2,4-Triazole-5(4H-thione), the heterocyclic ligand in (I)[link] and hereafter referred to as HtrzSH, has attracted relatively little attention in the literature although recently the anti-cancer potential of derivatives of this were described (Büyükekşi et al., 2018[Büyükekşi, S. I., Erkısa, M., Şengül, A., Ulukaya, E. & Oral, A. Y. (2018). Appl. Organomet. Chem. 32, e4406.]). The crystallographic study of (I)[link] described herein is complemented by an analysis of the calculated HOMO and LUMO and an analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surfaces and energy frameworks.

2. Structural commentary

The binuclear complex, [Ag(HtrzSH)2(SCN)]2 (I)[link], Fig. 1[link], crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n and is disposed about a crystallographic centre of inversion. The HtrzSH mol­ecules only employ their exocyclic thione-sulfur atoms in coordination, there being no Ag⋯N contacts of note. Each AgI atom is coordinated by a terminally bound HtrzSH mol­ecule and by two thione-sulfur atoms derived from two μ2-bridging HtrzSH mol­ecules. The coordination of each AgI atom is completed by a terminal, S-bound thio­cyanate anion. The geometry around the silver centre defined by the S4 donor set is distorted tetra­hedral with the S—Ag—S bond angles spanning about 25°, i.e. from a narrow 91.60 (2)° for S1—Ag—S1i, being subtended by the bridging S1 atoms, to a wide 127.43 (2)° for S2—Ag—S3; symmetry operation (i): 1 − x, 1 − y, 1 − z. The Ag2S2 core has the shape of a distorted rhombus as the Ag—S1 bond length of 2.5596 (7) Å is significantly shorter than the Ag—S1i bond of 2.8188 (7) Å. The Ag—S bond lengths fall in two distinct classes, with the Ag—S1b and Ag—St (b = bridging, t = thio­cyanate) bond lengths being similar and shorter than Ag—S1ib (Table 1[link]). Despite the different modes of coordination of the thione-S atoms, the C1—S1 and C3—S2 bond lengths are indistinguishable at 1.698 (3) Å. Each of the C1—S1 and C3—S2 bond lengths in (I)[link] are marginally longer than 1.6836 (19) Å found in the structure of the free mol­ecule (Büyükekşi et al., 2018[Büyükekşi, S. I., Erkısa, M., Şengül, A., Ulukaya, E. & Oral, A. Y. (2018). Appl. Organomet. Chem. 32, e4406.]). This small difference is reflected in the observation that no significant differences are evident in bond lengths within the five-membered rings in (I)[link] and those in the uncomplexed mol­ecule (Büyükekşi et al., 2018[Büyükekşi, S. I., Erkısa, M., Şengül, A., Ulukaya, E. & Oral, A. Y. (2018). Appl. Organomet. Chem. 32, e4406.]).

Table 1
Selected geometric parameters (Å, °)

Ag—S1 2.5596 (7) C1—S1 1.698 (3)
Ag—S2 2.5103 (6) C3—S2 1.698 (3)
Ag—S3 2.5374 (7) C5—S3 1.660 (3)
Ag—S1i 2.8188 (7)    
       
S1—Ag—S2 112.49 (2) S2—Ag—S3 127.43 (2)
S1—Ag—S3 114.64 (2) S2—Ag—S1i 99.56 (2)
S1—Ag—S1i 91.60 (2) S3—Ag—S1i 101.08 (2)
Symmetry code: (i) -x+1, -y+1, -z+1.
[Figure 1]
Figure 1
The mol­ecular structure of (I)[link] showing displacement ellipsoids at the 70% probability level. The unlabelled atoms are generated by the symmetry operation 1 − x, 1 − y, 1 − z. The dashed lines represent intra­molecular amine-N—H⋯S(thio­cyanato) hydrogen bonds.

The five-membered rings lie prime to either side of the Ag2S2 core, with the dihedral angles between the core and the N1- and N4-rings being 88.99 (11) and 85.16 (11)°, respectively. The independent rings are close to being co-planar, exhibiting a dihedral angle of 8.38 (16)°. Finally, the N1-amine is orientated to be in close proximity to the S3-thio­cyanato atom, enabling the formation of an intra­molecular amine-N—H⋯S(thio­cyanato) hydrogen bond (Table 2[link]). While the N4-amine is similarly oriented, the H⋯S separation of 3.31 Å is not indicative of a significant inter­action.

Table 2
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A D—H H⋯A DA D—H⋯A
N1—H1N⋯S3 0.88 (1) 2.72 (2) 3.555 (2) 161 (3)
N1—H1N⋯N5ii 0.88 (3) 2.57 (4) 3.023 (3) 113
N3—H3N⋯S2iii 0.88 (1) 2.56 (2) 3.345 (2) 150 (3)
N4—H4N⋯N2iv 0.80 (4) 2.38 (4) 2.900 (3) 123 (3)
N6—H6N⋯N7v 0.88 (1) 2.03 (1) 2.877 (3) 163 (3)
C2—H2⋯S3ii 0.89 (4) 2.87 (4) 3.504 (3) 129 (3)
C2—H2⋯N7vi 0.89 (4) 2.66 (3) 3.184 (4) 118 (3)
C4—H4⋯N7vii 0.91 (4) 2.58 (4) 3.306 (4) 137 (3)
Symmetry codes: (ii) [-x+{\script{1\over 2}}, y+{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}]; (iii) -x+2, -y+1, -z+1; (iv) [-x+{\script{1\over 2}}, y-{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}]; (v) [x+{\script{1\over 2}}, -y+{\script{1\over 2}}, z-{\script{1\over 2}}]; (vi) [-x+{\script{3\over 2}}, y+{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}]; (vii) [-x+{\script{3\over 2}}, y-{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}].

3. Supra­molecular features

The crystal of (I)[link] consists of a three-dimensional network of hydrogen bonds and other non-covalent contacts as summarized in Table 2[link]. The second amine-N—H atom of the S1-thione mol­ecule [the first is engaged in an intra­molecular N—H⋯S(thio­cyanate) hydrogen bond and a second, weaker N—H⋯N5(triazol­yl) inter­action] forms a hydrogen bond to the thione-S2 atom. By contrast, the amine-N—H atoms of the S2-thione mol­ecule form N—H⋯N(triazol­yl) and N—H⋯N(thio­cyanate) hydrogen bonds. The hydrogen bonds combine to sustain a three-dimensional architecture as shown in Fig. 2[link]. Further stability to the mol­ecular packing is provided by triazolyl-C—H⋯S(thio­cyanate) and triazolyl-C—H⋯N(thio­cyanate) inter­actions along with face-to-face ππ stacking (Fig. 3[link]). The latter occur between the independent triazolyl rings [inter-centroid separation: (N1–N3,C1,C2)⋯(N4–N6,C3,C4)ii = 3.4444 (15) Å and angle of inclination = 6.81 (16)° for (ii) [{3\over 2}] − x, [{1\over 2}] + y, [{3\over 2}] − z].

[Figure 2]
Figure 2
A view of the unit-cell contents of (I)[link] in projection down the a axis, with N—H⋯S and N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds shown as orange and blue dashed lines, respectively.
[Figure 3]
Figure 3
The face-to-face ππ stacking of (I)[link].

4. Analysis of the Hirshfeld surfaces

The Hirshfeld surface analysis (McKinnon et al., 2004[McKinnon, J. J., Spackman, M. A. & Mitchell, A. S. (2004). Acta Cryst. B60, 627-668.]; Tan et al., 2019[Tan, S. L., Jotani, M. M. & Tiekink, E. R. T. (2019). Acta Cryst. E75, 308-318.]) of (I)[link] was performed using Crystal Explorer 17 (Turner et al., 2017[Turner, M. J., McKinnon, J. J., Wolff, S. K., Grimwood, D. J., Spackman, P. R., Jayatilaka, D. & Spackman, M. A. (2017). Crystal Explorer 17. University of Western Australia.]) to give further insight into the important inter­molecular contacts normalized by van der Waals radii through a red–white–blue surface colour scheme where these colours denote the close contacts shorter than, equal to and longer than the sun of the respective van der Waals radii.

As seen in Fig. 4[link](a) of the Hirshfeld surface plotted over dnorm for (I)[link], the red regions of the surface represent close contacts corresponding to the N—H⋯S and N—H⋯N hydrogen-bonding inter­actions mentioned above. An additional feature, i.e. S⋯S contacts, are noted. The closest of these, i.e. S1⋯S1iii = 3.2463 (9) Å [symmetry operation: (iii) 2 − x, 1 − y, 1 − z], link the binuclear mol­ecules into chains along the a-axis direction. On the Hirshfeld surface mapped over electrostatic potential (DFT 3-21G) shown in Fig. 4[link](b), the faint-red and light-blue regions correspond to negative and positive electrostatic potential, respectively,

[Figure 4]
Figure 4
A view of the Hirshfeld surface for (I)[link] mapped over (a) dnorm and (b) the electrostatic potential; the red and blue regions represent negative and positive electrostatic potentials, respectively.

The full and delineated (H⋯H, N⋯H/H⋯N, S⋯S, S⋯H/H⋯S and C⋯H/H⋯C) two-dimensional fingerprint plots are shown in Fig. 5[link](a)–(f), respectively. The N⋯H/H⋯N contacts, at 35.8%, are the major contributor to the Hirshfeld surface. The S⋯H/H⋯S contacts (19.4%) also make a significant contribution. Other significant contributions come from the C⋯H/H⋯C (12.7%) and S⋯S (8.3%) contacts with H⋯H contacts, occurring at distances beyond the sum of the van der Waals radii, contributing only 7.6%. The next most significant contribution is made by N⋯C/C⋯N contacts (6.7%) arising in the main from the ππ stacking inter­actions between triazolyl rings.

[Figure 5]
Figure 5
(a) A comparison of the full two-dimensional fingerprint plot for (I)[link] and those delineated into (b) H⋯H, (c) N⋯H/H⋯N, (d) S⋯S, (e) S⋯H/H⋯S and (f) C⋯H/H⋯C contacts.

The energy frameworks were simulated (Turner et al., 2017[Turner, M. J., McKinnon, J. J., Wolff, S. K., Grimwood, D. J., Spackman, P. R., Jayatilaka, D. & Spackman, M. A. (2017). Crystal Explorer 17. University of Western Australia.]) in order to analyse the specific inter­molecular inter­actions identified above for each mol­ecule-to-mol­ecule contact. This was achieved by summing up four different energy components (Turner et al., 2017[Turner, M. J., McKinnon, J. J., Wolff, S. K., Grimwood, D. J., Spackman, P. R., Jayatilaka, D. & Spackman, M. A. (2017). Crystal Explorer 17. University of Western Australia.]) for each pair of mol­ecules, i.e. electrostatic (Eele), polarization (Epol), dispersion (Edis) and exchange–repulsion (Erep); these were obtained using the wave function calculated at the HF/3-21G level of theory. The results are summarized in Table 3[link]. The greatest energy of attraction between mol­ecules amounts to 138.4 kJ mol−1, having a major electrostatic contribution (−142.4 kJ mol−1), and is associated with the following inter­atomic contacts: C2—H2⋯N7, C4—H4⋯N7 and ππ stacking of between triazole rings. The next most significant contribution, with a total energy of −125.0 kJ mol−1, arises from conventional hydrogen bonds, i.e. N1—H1N⋯N5, N4—H4N⋯N2 and N6—H6N⋯N7 as well as C2—H2⋯S3 inter­actions. The next attractive inter­action, with Etot = −48.9 and Edis = −120.3 kJ mol−1, respectively, reflects the N3—H3N⋯S2 hydrogen bonding and S1⋯S1 secondary bonding contact.

Table 3
Summary of inter­action energies (kJ mol−1) calculated for (I)

R (Å) Eele Epol Edis Erep Etot Symmetry operation
11.06 −142.4 −31.6 −39.9 77.9 −138.4 [{1\over 2}] − x, [{1\over 2}] + y, [{1\over 2}] − z
10.68 −89.0 −31.2 −54.8 43.5 −125.0 [{1\over 2}] − x, [{1\over 2}] + y, [{1\over 2}] − z
4.87 −50.3 −50.1 −120.3 176.8 −48.9 x, y, z
16.68 22.9 −3.0 −1.8 0.0 19.8 x, y, z
15.95 42.9 −7.4 −7.5 0.8 32.8 x, y, z

The magnitudes of inter­molecular energies, i.e. the Eele, Edis and Etot components, are represented graphically in Fig. 6[link](a)–(c), respectively, by energy framework diagrams whereby the cylinders join the centroids of mol­ecular pairs using a red, green and blue colour scheme; the radius of the cylinder is proportional to the magnitude of inter­action energy.

[Figure 6]
Figure 6
The colour inter­action mapping and energy frameworks for (I)[link] showing the (a) electrostatic potential force, (b) dispersion force and (c) total energy diagrams. All cylindrical radii were adjusted to the same scale factor of 100 with a cut-off value of −50.0 kJ mol−1 within a 3 × 3 × 3 unit cell and their sizes are proportional to the relative strength of the corresponding energies.

5. Mol­ecular orbital calculations

The HOMO and LUMO energies for the atom positions in the crystal structure of (I)[link] were calculated using a pseudo-potential plane-wave DFT method (Parr & Yang, 1994[Parr, R. G. & Yang, W. (1994). Density-Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules. Oxford University Press.]) implemented in the NWChem package (Valiev et al., 2010[Valiev, M., Bylaska, E. J., Govind, N., Kowalski, K., Straatsma, T. P., Van Dam, H. J. J., Wang, D., Nieplocha, J., Apra, E., Windus, T. L. & de Jong, W. A. (2010). Comput. Phys. Commun. 181, 1477-1489.]). The plane wave basis set and PBE exchange-correlation functional were chosen for the calculations on the experimental structure, i.e. without geometry optimization. The HOMO and LUMO of (I)[link] are illustrated in Fig. S1 in the supporting information and their energies were calculated to be 3.011 and 6.173 eV, respectively. The HOMO is delocalized across the thio­cyanato groups and the bridging region between the two dimers. The LUMO includes the delocalization around the triazole rings.

6. Database survey

A survey of the Cambridge Structural Database (Groom et al., 2016[Groom, C. R., Bruno, I. J., Lightfoot, M. P. & Ward, S. C. (2016). Acta Cryst. B72, 171-179.]) for coordination complexes of HtrzSH yielded seven structures. Monodentate coordination via the thione-S atom, as in (I)[link], has been identified in six structures. The first three of these are neutral and mononuclear, namely [(Ph3P)2Cu(HtrzSH)Cl]·CH3CN, (NEPPOP; Wani et al., 2013[Wani, K., Pakawatchai, C. & Saithong, S. (2013). Acta Cryst. E69, m34-m35.]), [Ag(HtrzSH)(NO3)]·CH3OH (GISHUN; Wattanakanjana et al., 2014[Wattanakanjana, Y., Palamae, S., Ratthiwan, J. & Nimthong, R. (2014). Acta Cryst. E70, m61-m62.]) and [Cd(HtrzSH)(H2Edta)]·H2O (LOFKAT; Zhang et al., 2008[Zhang, R.-B., Li, Z.-J., Cheng, J.-K., Qin, Y.-Y., Zhang, J. & Yao, Y.-G. (2008). Cryst. Growth Des. 8, 2562-2573.]); H4Edta is ethyl­enedi­amine tetra­carb­oxy­lic acid. The mononuclear FeIII complex, Fe(NO)2(HtrzS)(HtrzSH)·0.5H2O (EYABOV01; Aldoshin et al., 2008[Aldoshin, S. M., Lyssenko, K. A., Antipin, M. Yu., Sanina, N. A. & Gritsenko, V. V. (2008). J. Mol. Struct. 875, 309-315.]) contains both neutral and mono-anionic forms of HtrzSH. The fifth structure featuring monodentate coordination of HtrzSH is a two-dimensional coordination polymer, i.e. {[Cd2(O2CCO2)2(HtrzSH)2]·2H2O}n (ZIVBOX; Liang et al., 2014[Liang, Q., Wang, Y.-L., Zhao, Y. & Cao, G.-J. (2014). Acta Cryst. C70, 182-184.]); there are two distinct CdII atom coordination environments. Two distinct coordination modes for HtrzSH are noted in the structure of [Cd(HtrzSH)2Cl2]n (LOFJEW; Zhang et al., 2008[Zhang, R.-B., Li, Z.-J., Cheng, J.-K., Qin, Y.-Y., Zhang, J. & Yao, Y.-G. (2008). Cryst. Growth Des. 8, 2562-2573.]), i.e. monodentate, as for the above, as well as bidentate, μ2-bridging as one of the triazolyl-N atoms also coordinates CdII in this polymeric structure. In the final structure with HtrzSH, tridentate coordination for HtrzSH via the thione-S atom only has been observed in [Ag(HtrzSH)Cl]n (XINDUV; Kang et al., 2013[Kang, X.-P., Hu, Y.-S., Zhu, L.-H. & An, Z. (2013). Inorg. Chem. Commun. 29, 169-171.]), which is a two-dimensional coordination polymer.

As indicated above for Fe(NO)2(HtrzS)(HtrzSH)·0.5H2O (EYABOV01; Aldoshin et al., 2008[Aldoshin, S. M., Lyssenko, K. A., Antipin, M. Yu., Sanina, N. A. & Gritsenko, V. V. (2008). J. Mol. Struct. 875, 309-315.]), mono-anionic forms of HtrzSH are known. Here, HtrzS functions as a monodentate thiol­ate-S ligand. A monodentate thiol­ate-S mode of coord­ination is also seen in (3-ClC6H4CH2)3Sn(HtrzS) (SUXSAG; Keng et al., 2010[Keng, T. C., Lo, K. M. & Ng, S. W. (2010). Acta Cryst. E66, m1064.]). The three remaining structures feature a tridentate coordination mode leading to coordination polymers. In [Cu(HtrzS)]n (TEHYIQ; Zhang et al., 2012[Zhang, X., Cheng, J.-K., Zhang, M.-J. & Yao, Y.-G. (2012). Inorg. Chem. Commun. 20, 101-104.]), this is achieved by bidentate, μ2-bridging by the thiol­ate-S atom and the participation of one of the triazolyl-N atoms in coordin­ation. In [Pb(HtrzS)(NO3)OH2]n (MOKKAA; Imran et al., 2015[Imran, M., Mix, A., Neumann, B., Stammler, H.-G., Monkowius, U., Gründlinger, P. & Mitzel, N. W. (2015). Dalton Trans. 44, 924-937.]), the thiol­ate-S and two triazolyl-N atoms are involved in coordination. A similar coordination mode is found for one of the independent anions in [Cd2(HtrzS)2(SO4)]n (LOFJUM; Zhang et al., 2008[Zhang, R.-B., Li, Z.-J., Cheng, J.-K., Qin, Y.-Y., Zhang, J. & Yao, Y.-G. (2008). Cryst. Growth Des. 8, 2562-2573.]). The second anion is tetra­dentate as the thiol­ate-S atom is bidentate, μ2-bridging. From the foregoing, it is evident that HtrzSH/HtrzS ligands adopt a wide range of coordination modes in the relatively few structures in which they have been characterized, suggesting further work in this area is warranted.

7. Synthesis and crystallization

Silver nitrate (0.21 g, 1.24 mmol) and potassium thio­cyanate (0.12 g, 1.23 mmol) were dissolved in acetro­nitrile (25 ml) and a white precipitate formed. This mixture was heated at 323–325 K for 30 min. Then, a clear solution of 1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol (0.25 g, 2.47 mmol) in distilled water (5 ml) was added followed by heating for 4.3 h during which time the precipitate slowly dissolved. The clear solution was filtered and kept to evaporate at ambient temperature. After a few days, colourless trapezoidal prisms of (I)[link] formed, which were filtered off and dried in vacuo. M.p.: 413–417 K. IR (solid KBr pellet, cm−1): 2108 (s) (C≡N), 1479 (s) (C=N), 1248 (w) (C–N), 1054 (m) (C—S) + (C—N).

8. Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 4[link]. The H atoms were found in difference Fourier maps and their positions refined resulting in distances of N—H = 0.80 (4)–0.877 (10) Å and C—H = 0.89 (4)–0.91 (4) Å, and with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(N, C). The maximum and minimum residual electron density peaks of 0.96 and 1.04 e Å−3, respectively, were located 0.83 and 0.77 Å from the N3 and Ag atoms, respectively.

Table 4
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula [Ag2(SCN)2(C2H3N3S)4]
Mr 736.44
Crystal system, space group Monoclinic, P21/n
Temperature (K) 100
a, b, c (Å) 4.8718 (1), 15.9511 (1), 13.9575 (1)
β (°) 96.945 (1)
V3) 1076.69 (2)
Z 2
Radiation type Cu Kα
μ (mm−1) 20.35
Crystal size (mm) 0.41 × 0.14 × 0.11
 
Data collection
Diffractometer Rigaku Oxford Diffraction SuperNova, Dual, Cu at zero, AtlasS2
Absorption correction Gaussian (CrysAlis PRO; Rigaku OD, 2015[Rigaku OD (2015). CrysAlis PRO. Rigaku Oxford Diffraction, Yarnton, England.])
Tmin, Tmax 0.097, 0.453
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections 18122, 2266, 2242
Rint 0.039
(sin θ/λ)max−1) 0.633
 
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.025, 0.066, 1.17
No. of reflections 2266
No. of parameters 163
No. of restraints 10
H-atom treatment Only H-atom coordinates refined
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) 0.96, −1.04
Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Rigaku OD, 2015[Rigaku OD (2015). CrysAlis PRO. Rigaku Oxford Diffraction, Yarnton, England.]), SHELXT (Sheldrick, 2015[Sheldrick, G. M. (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 3-8.]), SHELXL2014/7 (Sheldrick, 2015[Sheldrick, G. M. (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 3-8.]), Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008[Macrae, C. F., Bruno, I. J., Chisholm, J. A., Edgington, P. R., McCabe, P., Pidcock, E., Rodriguez-Monge, L., Taylor, R., van de Streek, J. & Wood, P. A. (2008). J. Appl. Cryst. 41, 466-470.]), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006[Brandenburg, K. (2006). DIAMOND. Crystal Impact GbR, Bonn, Germany.]), WinGX (Farrugia, 2012[Farrugia, L. J. (2012). J. Appl. Cryst. 45, 849-854.]) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010[Westrip, S. P. (2010). J. Appl. Cryst. 43, 920-925.]).

Supporting information


Computing details top

Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Rigaku OD, 2015); cell refinement: CrysAlis PRO (Rigaku OD, 2015); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Rigaku OD, 2015); program(s) used to solve structure: ShelXT (Sheldrick, 2015); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014/7 (Sheldrick, 2015); molecular graphics: Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).

Bis[µ-1H-1,2,4-triazole-5(4H)-thione-κ2S:S]bis{(thiocyanato-κS)[1H-1,2,4-triazole-5(4H)-thione-κS]silver(I)} top
Crystal data top
[Ag2(SCN)2(C2H3N3S)4]F(000) = 720
Mr = 736.44Dx = 2.272 Mg m3
Monoclinic, P21/nCu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54184 Å
a = 4.8718 (1) ÅCell parameters from 13766 reflections
b = 15.9511 (1) Åθ = 3.2–77.1°
c = 13.9575 (1) ŵ = 20.35 mm1
β = 96.945 (1)°T = 100 K
V = 1076.69 (2) Å3Prism, colourless
Z = 20.41 × 0.14 × 0.11 mm
Data collection top
Rigaku Oxford Diffraction SuperNova, Dual, Cu at zero, AtlasS2
diffractometer
2266 independent reflections
Mirror monochromator2242 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Detector resolution: 5.2303 pixels mm-1Rint = 0.039
ω scansθmax = 77.4°, θmin = 4.2°
Absorption correction: gaussian
(CrysAlisPro; Rigaku OD, 2015)
h = 65
Tmin = 0.097, Tmax = 0.453k = 1920
18122 measured reflectionsl = 1717
Refinement top
Refinement on F2Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods
Least-squares matrix: fullSecondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.025Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map
wR(F2) = 0.066Only H-atom coordinates refined
S = 1.17 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0343P)2 + 1.905P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
2266 reflections(Δ/σ)max = 0.001
163 parametersΔρmax = 0.96 e Å3
10 restraintsΔρmin = 1.04 e Å3
Special details top

Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes.

Refinement. C5 treated with ISOR

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/Ueq
Ag0.56775 (4)0.42032 (2)0.59899 (2)0.01119 (9)
S10.81885 (13)0.55635 (4)0.56609 (4)0.00788 (14)
S20.81257 (13)0.29260 (4)0.54731 (4)0.00780 (14)
S30.25779 (15)0.43047 (4)0.73213 (5)0.01162 (15)
N10.4853 (5)0.63635 (14)0.68422 (16)0.0077 (4)
H1N0.390 (6)0.5923 (15)0.698 (3)0.009*
N20.4273 (5)0.71516 (14)0.71587 (16)0.0097 (4)
N30.7598 (5)0.71790 (14)0.62260 (16)0.0082 (4)
H3N0.885 (5)0.735 (2)0.587 (2)0.010*
N40.4504 (5)0.19814 (14)0.63991 (16)0.0087 (4)
H4N0.369 (8)0.236 (2)0.663 (3)0.010*
N50.3865 (5)0.11639 (15)0.65884 (17)0.0117 (5)
N60.7280 (5)0.12487 (14)0.56881 (16)0.0089 (4)
H6N0.854 (5)0.111 (2)0.532 (2)0.011*
N70.5604 (6)0.40606 (16)0.91561 (18)0.0150 (5)
C10.6846 (5)0.63623 (16)0.62603 (18)0.0070 (5)
C20.5982 (6)0.76322 (17)0.67677 (19)0.0093 (5)
H20.615 (7)0.818 (2)0.688 (2)0.011*
C30.6577 (6)0.20539 (16)0.58544 (18)0.0076 (5)
C40.5594 (6)0.07362 (17)0.6139 (2)0.0110 (6)
H40.571 (7)0.017 (3)0.612 (2)0.013*
C50.4422 (6)0.41636 (15)0.8389 (2)0.0089 (5)
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Ag0.01970 (15)0.00638 (12)0.00859 (12)0.00126 (7)0.00616 (8)0.00024 (6)
S10.0112 (3)0.0055 (3)0.0077 (3)0.0013 (2)0.0041 (2)0.0004 (2)
S20.0108 (3)0.0057 (3)0.0078 (3)0.0001 (2)0.0048 (2)0.0008 (2)
S30.0137 (4)0.0139 (3)0.0078 (3)0.0011 (2)0.0037 (2)0.0010 (2)
N10.0106 (11)0.0055 (10)0.0080 (10)0.0009 (8)0.0056 (8)0.0010 (8)
N20.0125 (12)0.0072 (10)0.0101 (11)0.0003 (9)0.0043 (9)0.0023 (8)
N30.0112 (12)0.0057 (10)0.0085 (10)0.0012 (8)0.0046 (8)0.0004 (8)
N40.0116 (12)0.0047 (10)0.0112 (11)0.0016 (9)0.0063 (9)0.0005 (8)
N50.0142 (12)0.0078 (11)0.0139 (11)0.0003 (9)0.0053 (9)0.0018 (8)
N60.0113 (12)0.0070 (10)0.0094 (10)0.0019 (9)0.0051 (8)0.0002 (8)
N70.0191 (14)0.0151 (11)0.0118 (12)0.0019 (10)0.0064 (10)0.0013 (9)
C10.0087 (13)0.0075 (12)0.0045 (11)0.0001 (9)0.0001 (9)0.0014 (9)
C20.0118 (14)0.0069 (12)0.0097 (12)0.0002 (10)0.0029 (10)0.0026 (9)
C30.0096 (13)0.0090 (12)0.0042 (11)0.0016 (10)0.0007 (9)0.0000 (9)
C40.0154 (16)0.0070 (13)0.0111 (13)0.0016 (10)0.0034 (11)0.0017 (9)
C50.0093 (9)0.0086 (8)0.0096 (9)0.0006 (7)0.0041 (7)0.0005 (7)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Ag—S12.5596 (7)N3—C21.363 (3)
Ag—S22.5103 (6)N3—H3N0.877 (10)
Ag—S32.5374 (7)N4—C31.341 (3)
Ag—S1i2.8188 (7)N4—N51.374 (3)
C1—S11.698 (3)N4—H4N0.80 (4)
S1—Agi2.8188 (7)N5—C41.302 (4)
C3—S21.698 (3)N6—C31.357 (3)
C5—S31.660 (3)N6—C41.365 (4)
N1—C11.339 (3)N6—H6N0.878 (7)
N1—N21.373 (3)N7—C51.164 (4)
N1—H1N0.878 (10)C2—H20.89 (4)
N2—C21.299 (4)C4—H40.91 (4)
N3—C11.356 (3)
S1—Ag—S2112.49 (2)C3—N4—H4N127 (3)
S1—Ag—S3114.64 (2)N5—N4—H4N120 (3)
S1—Ag—S1i91.60 (2)C4—N5—N4103.3 (2)
S2—Ag—S3127.43 (2)C3—N6—C4108.0 (2)
S2—Ag—S1i99.56 (2)C3—N6—H6N123 (2)
S3—Ag—S1i101.08 (2)C4—N6—H6N128 (2)
C1—S1—Ag109.08 (9)N1—C1—N3103.8 (2)
C1—S1—Agi92.55 (9)N1—C1—S1130.6 (2)
Ag—S1—Agi88.40 (2)N3—C1—S1125.6 (2)
C3—S2—Ag109.28 (9)N2—C2—N3111.3 (2)
C5—S3—Ag110.08 (10)N2—C2—H2124 (2)
C1—N1—N2112.9 (2)N3—C2—H2124 (2)
C1—N1—H1N125 (2)N4—C3—N6103.8 (2)
N2—N1—H1N122 (2)N4—C3—S2129.9 (2)
C2—N2—N1103.8 (2)N6—C3—S2126.2 (2)
C1—N3—C2108.3 (2)N5—C4—N6111.6 (2)
C1—N3—H3N122 (2)N5—C4—H4126 (2)
C2—N3—H3N130 (2)N6—C4—H4122 (2)
C3—N4—N5113.3 (2)N7—C5—S3176.9 (3)
C1—N1—N2—C20.8 (3)N1—N2—C2—N30.2 (3)
C3—N4—N5—C40.4 (3)C1—N3—C2—N21.0 (3)
N2—N1—C1—N31.4 (3)N5—N4—C3—N60.2 (3)
N2—N1—C1—S1177.4 (2)N5—N4—C3—S2177.8 (2)
C2—N3—C1—N11.4 (3)C4—N6—C3—N40.1 (3)
C2—N3—C1—S1177.5 (2)C4—N6—C3—S2178.2 (2)
Ag—S1—C1—N11.2 (3)Ag—S2—C3—N44.3 (3)
Agi—S1—C1—N190.4 (3)Ag—S2—C3—N6178.2 (2)
Ag—S1—C1—N3177.4 (2)N4—N5—C4—N60.4 (3)
Agi—S1—C1—N388.2 (2)C3—N6—C4—N50.4 (3)
Symmetry code: (i) x+1, y+1, z+1.
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
N1—H1N···S30.88 (1)2.72 (2)3.555 (2)161 (3)
N1—H1N···N5ii0.88 (3)2.57 (4)3.023 (3)113
N3—H3N···S2iii0.88 (1)2.56 (2)3.345 (2)150 (3)
N4—H4N···N2iv0.80 (4)2.38 (4)2.900 (3)123 (3)
N6—H6N···N7v0.88 (1)2.03 (1)2.877 (3)163 (3)
C2—H2···S3ii0.89 (4)2.87 (4)3.504 (3)129 (3)
C2—H2···N7vi0.89 (4)2.66 (3)3.184 (4)118 (3)
C4—H4···N7vii0.91 (4)2.58 (4)3.306 (4)137 (3)
Symmetry codes: (ii) x+1/2, y+1/2, z+3/2; (iii) x+2, y+1, z+1; (iv) x+1/2, y1/2, z+3/2; (v) x+1/2, y+1/2, z1/2; (vi) x+3/2, y+1/2, z+3/2; (vii) x+3/2, y1/2, z+3/2.
Summary of interaction energies (kJ mol-1) calculated for (I) top
R (Å)EeleEpolEdisErepEtotSymmetry operation
11.06-142.4-31.6-39.977.9-138.41/2 - x, 1/2 + y, 1/2 - z
10.68-89.0-31.2-54.843.5-125.01/2 - x, 1/2 + y, 1/2 - z
4.87-50.3-50.1-120.3176.8-48.9x, y, z
16.6822.9-3.0-1.80.019.8x, y, z
15.9542.9-7.4-7.50.832.8x, y, z
 

Funding information

We are grateful for financial support from the Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University (SCI570390S), the Center for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH–CIC), the Commission on Higher Education, the Ministry of Education and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, PSU. Sunway University Sdn Bhd is also thanked for financial support of this work through Grant No. STR-RCTR-RCCM-001–2019.

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