μ(3)-Oxido-tris-{dichlorido[1,3-bis-(1,3,5-trimethyl-phen-yl)imidazol-2-yl-idene]gold(III)} bis-(trifluoro-methane-sulfon-yl)imide-[bis-(trifluoro-methane-sulfon-yl)imide]-silver(I) (1/2).

The unusual trinuclear Au(III) oxide title complex, Au(3)Cl(6)O(C(21)H(24)N(2))(3)·2[Ag(C(2)F(6)NO(4)S(2))], is the side product of the reaction of [1,3-bis-(1,3,5-trimethyl-phen-yl)imidazol-2-yl-idene]dichloridophenyl-gold(III) with silver bis-(trifluoro-methane-sulfon-yl)imide in the presence of traces of water. In contrast to corresponding Au(I) complexes, the core structure of the title compound is planar. Two silver(I) bis-(trifluoro-methane-sulfon-yl)imide units are loosely bound to the complex cation. Here the silver atoms, disordered over two positions in a 0.870 (2):0.130 (2) ratio, inter-act either with the lone pairs of three chlorine ligands or two chlorine ligands and one edge of the mesityl π-system. The crystal under investigation was a partial racemic twin.