Abstract: | NaAg3S2, a Thioargentate Containing the Anionic Cluster [Ag6S4]2? . Dark-red octahedrally shaped crystals of NaAg3S2 could be obtained by the reaction of NaAg(CN)2 and NaCN in a stream of hydrogen sulfide at 630 K. NaAg3S2 crystallizes cubic, a=12.358(1) Å, space group Fd3 m, Z=16. The structure was determined from four-circle diffractometer data. NaAg3S2 contains the anionic cluster [Ag6S4]2?. The structure can be traced back to the spinel structure typ. An extended Hückel calculation for the cluster anion, which is considered to be isolated, shows weak bonding silver-silver interactions. NaAg3S2 is diamagnetic at room temperature. |