Reactions of thiosemicarbazones {R
1R
2C
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N
3-N
2(H)-C
1(
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S)-N
1H
2}, a multidonor class of ligands, with silver(I) halides in the presence of PPh
3 have yielded a variety of compounds, viz.: (i) halogen-bridged dimers, [Ag
2(μ-X)
2(η
1-S-Haptsc)
2(PPh
3)
2] (R
1 = Ph, R
2 = Me, Haptsc, X = Cl (
1); Br (
2)), [Ag
2(μ-Br)
2(η
1-S-Hbtsc)
2(PPh
3)
2] (R
1 = Ph, R
2 = H, Hbtsc (
3)), [Ag
2(μ-Br)
2(η
1-S-Hactsc)
2(PPh
3)
2] (R
1 = R
2 = Me, Hactsc (
4)); (ii) sulfur-bridged dimers, [Ag
2Br
2(μ-S-Hptsc)
2(PPh
3)
2]·2H
2O (R
1 = pyrrole, R
2 = H, Hptsc (
5)), and [Ag
2Cl
2(μ-S-Httsc)
2(PPh
3)
2]·2CH
3CN (R
1 = thiophene, R
2 = H, Httsc (
6)), and (iii) monomers, [AgX(η
1-S-Hpytsc)(PPh
3)
2]·CH
3CN (R
1 = pyridine, R
2 = H, Hpytsc, X = Br (
7); Cl (
8)). In contrast, silver(I) nitrate has formed only sulfur-bridged dimers, [Ag
2(η
1-N-μ-S-Hftsc)
2(Ph
3P)
2](NO
3)
2 (
9) (R
1 = furan, R
2 = H, Hftsc), and [Ag
2(η
1-S-Hptsc)
2(μ-S-Hptsc)
2(Ph
3P)
2](NO
3)
2·2CHCl
3 (
10) (R
1 = pyrrole, R
2 = H, Hptsc) (Hpytsc = pyridine-2-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazone, Hptsc = pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazone, Httsc = thiophene-2-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazone, Hftsc = furan-2-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazone, Hbtsc = benzaldehyde thiosemicarbazone, Hactsc = acetone thiosemicarbazone, and Haptsc = acetophenone thiosemicarbazone). Complexes
1−
10 are the first examples exhibiting new bonding modes (η
1-S, μ-S, and μ-S-η
1-N
3) in silver(I)-thiosemicarbazone chemistry. The substituents at C
2 carbon appear to have significant influence on the nature of bonding in the complexes. The intermolecular interactions such as, NH···X (X = S, Br, Cl, O), CH···π and CH···X (X = S, Cl) have led to the formation of one- and two-dimensional (1D and 2D) networks. Interestingly, a novel feature is that some of the 2D networks encapsulate organic molecules in the voids.