“…The thiometalates, such as tetrathiotungstate and tetrathiomolybdate, have been extensively used in the synthesis of transition metal sulfides . For the tungsten(molybdenum)−silver−sulfur system, many discrete complexes have been obtained, such as [(PPh 3 ) 2 AgS 2 MS 2 Ag(PPh 3 )·0.8CH 2 Cl 2 ] (linear), [Et 4 N][(PPh 3 ) 2 AgS 3 MOCu(CN)](butterfly-type), [{Ag(Ph 3 P)} 3 MS 4 {S 2 P(OEt) 2 }](cubane-like), [(PPh 3 ) 4 Ag 4 W 2 S 8 ](cage), [Bu 4 N] 2 [M 2 Ag 3 (μ 3 -S) 2 (μ-S) 4 S 2 Et 2 dtc], and [Ag 6 S 6 M 2 (SCMe 3 ) 2 (O) 2 (PPh 3 ) 4 ] (double-cubane-like) (M = Mo, W), but polymeric complexes of this kind are fewer, with their general polymeric configuration being linear chain, e.g. [PPh 4 ·AgMoS 4 ] n , [AgMS 4 ·4-MePyH] n , and [tmenH 2 ·W 2 Ag 2 S 8 ·tmen·H 2 O] n (M = Mo, W; tmen = N , N , N‘ , N‘ -tetramethylethylenediamine).…”