Issue 11, 2008

Counterion effect on the formation of coordination polymer networks between AgNO3 and L (2,2′-oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl) diisonicotinate). Part 2

Abstract

Herein we report the synthesis and characterization by single crystal X-ray diffraction of three new silver(I) complexes {[Ag2·L2](NO3)2(H2O)4} (1), {[Ag2·L2](NO3)2} (2) and {[Ag2·L2](NO3)2} (3). Whereas compounds 2 and 3 are polymorphs, compound 1 crystallizes as the pseudo-polymorphic form of 2 and 3. These compounds were obtained from the reaction of silver nitrate with the flexible ligand 2,2′-oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl) diisonicotinate (L). The main structural motifs for complexes 1–3 are zero-dimensional metallacycles, in which two silver(I) cations are coordinated by two ligands L and their counterions. As a result of its unpredictable coordinating ability, the nitrate anion coordinates the Ag(I) cation in a μ1μ2-fashion in complex 1, in 2 it is coordinated in an asymmetrical μ2-mode, and in 3 the anion is strongly μ2-symmetrical coordinating. The coordination of the NO3 counterions to the metal cation affects the overall supramolecular interactions in the crystalline state of the complexes (e.g.Ag(I)⋯Ag(I), π⋯π, hydrogen bonds and C–H⋯π interactions). These interactions determine the physical properties of these compounds. On heating, the crystals of compound 3 are irreversibly transformed into compound 2. The conversion is supported by the change in the coordination mode of the nitrate counterion toward the Ag(I) cation. The solubility dependence of AgNO3 in the different organic solvents used for the reactions may determine the structural diversity in the supramolecular architecture for these complexes.

Graphical abstract: Counterion effect on the formation of coordination polymer networks between AgNO3 and L (2,2′-oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl) diisonicotinate). Part 2

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Feb 2008
Accepted
07 Jul 2008
First published
12 Aug 2008

CrystEngComm, 2008,10, 1542-1549

Counterion effect on the formation of coordination polymer networks between AgNO3 and L (2,2′-oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl) diisonicotinate). Part 2

J. L. Sague, M. Meuwly and K. M. Fromm, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1542 DOI: 10.1039/B803158D

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