INTERPENETRATING DIAMONDOID FRAMEWORKS OF SILVER(I) CATIONS LINKED BY N,N'-BIDENTATE MOLECULAR RODS

Three novel coordination polymers, [AS(N-N)(2)]X (N-N = 4,4'-bipyridyl, X = CF(3)SO(3)(-)1; N-N = 4-cyanopyridine, X = BF4-, in two polymorphs, 2 and 3)], are prepared and investigated by single crystal X-ray analysis; 1 and 2 contain three-dimensional cationic frameworks, both consisting of four equivalent interpenetrating diamondoid lattices, while 3 is formed by two-dimensional layers of distorted squares.