“…Whether the protonated thiol coordinates cannot be concluded, as the NMR data suggest that this is not the case,whereas the UV absorption data might indicate the contrary.Asearch in the Cambridge Structural Database [9] demonstrates that Cu I and Ag I coordination by protonated thiols is rare,b ut does exist. [10][11][12] Furthermore,t he aqua ion of Ag I is ar ather weak acid, with ap K a value of about 12 (extrapolated to zero ionic strength) and of about 10 at an ionic strength above 0, [13] that is,i t decreases the pK a value of water by about 4-6 pH units. Therefore,i ts eems plausible that Ag I ,i naf ormally neutral Ag I -SSH unit, will be av ery weak acid and will lower the pK a value of the second thiol group by only af ew pH units.…”