Organosilver chemistry

Organosilver chemistry is the study of organometallic compounds containing a carbon to silver chemical bond.

[3] The synthesis of methyl silver was described by Semerano and Riccoboni[4] Poor thermal stability is reflected in decomposition temperatures of AgMe (-50 °C) versus CuMe (-15 °C) and PhAg (74 °C) vs PhCu (100 °C).

It is produced by reaction of silver chloride and the Grignard reagent:[7] A variety of organosilver compounds include phosphorus ylides.

A simple example is the pentafluorophenylsilver complex of methylenetriphenylphosphorane:[8] Alkenylsilver compounds are also more stable than their alkylsilver counterparts.

An alkenyl derivatives are generated by the addition of silver fluoride to hexafluorobutyne and tetrafluoroallene.