Editing Silver (section)

===Organometallic===
{{main|Organosilver chemistry}}
Under standard conditions, silver does not form simple carbonyls, due to the weakness of the Ag–C bond. A few are known at very low temperatures around 6–15&nbsp;K, such as the green, planar paramagnetic Ag(CO)<sub>3</sub>, which dimerises at 25–30&nbsp;K, probably by forming Ag–Ag bonds. Additionally, the silver carbonyl [Ag(CO)] [B(OTeF<sub>5</sub>)<sub>4</sub>] is known. Polymeric AgLX complexes with [[alkene]]s and [[alkyne]]s are known, but their bonds are thermodynamically weaker than even those of the [[platinum]] complexes (though they are formed more readily than those of the analogous gold complexes): they are also quite unsymmetrical, showing the weak ''π'' bonding in group 11. Ag–C ''σ'' bonds may also be formed by silver(I), like copper(I) and gold(I), but the simple alkyls and aryls of silver(I) are even less stable than those of copper(I) (which tend to explode under ambient conditions). For example, poor thermal stability is reflected in the relative decomposition temperatures of AgMe (−50&nbsp;°C) and CuMe (−15&nbsp;°C) as well as those of PhAg (74&nbsp;°C) and PhCu (100&nbsp;°C).<ref name="Greenwood and Earnshaw-15">Greenwood and Earnshaw, pp. 1199–200</ref>

The C–Ag bond is stabilised by [[perfluoroalkane|perfluoroalkyl]] ligands, for example in AgCF(CF<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>.<ref name="Miller-1968">{{cite journal|doi=10.1021/ja01028a047|last=Miller|first=W.T.|author2=Burnard, R.J.|title=Perfluoroalkylsilver compounds|year=1968|journal= [[J. Am. Chem. Soc.]]|volume=90|issue=26|pages=7367–68|bibcode=1968JAChS..90.7367M }}</ref> Alkenylsilver compounds are also more stable than their alkylsilver counterparts.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Holliday | first1 = A. | doi = 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)91078-7 | title = Vinyllead compounds I. Cleavage of vinyl groups from tetravinyllead | year = 1967 | pages = 281–84 | issue = 2 | volume = 7 | journal = [[J. Organomet. Chem.]] | last2 = Pendlebury | first2 = R.E.}}</ref> Silver-[[Transition metal carbene complex|NHC complexes]] are easily prepared, and are commonly used to prepare other NHC complexes by displacing labile ligands. For example, the reaction of the bis(NHC)silver(I) complex with [[bis(acetonitrile)palladium dichloride]] or [[chlorido(dimethyl sulfide)gold(I)]]:<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Wang | first1 = Harrison M.J. | last2 = Lin | first2 = Ivan J.B. | title = Facile Synthesis of Silver(I)−Carbene Complexes. Useful Carbene Transfer Agents | journal = Organometallics | volume = 17 | issue = 5 | pages = 972–75 | year = 1998 | doi = 10.1021/om9709704}}</ref>

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