Silver(I)-octanoate complex was prepared by the similar synthetic procedure of silver(I)-alkanoates complex. In a typical synthesis of silver(I)-octanoate complex, 2.00 g of sodium hydroxide (50.0 mmol) in 50 mL of ethanol was added to 7.21 g of n-octanoic acid (50.0 mmol) in 50 mL of ethanol. The resulting solution was stirred at 80 °C. After stirring for one hour, 8.58 g of silver nitride (50.0 mmol) in 25 mL of deionized water was added to the solution, resulting in immediate precipitation of a white solid. Stirring overnight at ambient temperature, the precipitate was collected by vacuum filtration, washed several times with hot deionized water in a Buchner funnel and dried in vacuo for overnight, resulting in silver(I)-octanoate complex in an off-white solid form, 11.50 g (yield: 91.7 %).