Cover Feature: Structural Diversity and Argentophilic Interactions in Small Phosphine Silver(I) Thiolate Clusters (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 27/2021)

The Cover Feature shows the Ag⋅⋅⋅Ag interactions in various small phosphine silver(I) thiolate clusters. The argentophilic contacts can be either attractive or repulsive as a function of the electronic and geometric environment of the silver centers, which is in turn modulated by the ligand effects. The real space electron density (QTAIM and NCI-index) and energy decomposition (IQA) analyses deliver insights into these effects. Our investigation provides new tools for the precise atomic design and construction of higher nuclearity clusters. The background was adapted from the image The Crab Nebula in Taurus (Credit: ESO). More information can be found in the Full Paper by G. Moreno-Alcántar and co-workers.