Silver(I) complexes of 4-(2-oxazolinyl)pyridine: Counteranion dependent structural diversity
摘要:
Five new coordination complexes, namely [Ag(L)](BF4) (1). [Ag-6(L)(4)(NO3)(6)] (2). [Ag-3(L)(4)(CH3CN)(2)](SbF6)(3) (H2O) (3), [Ag(L)(OOCCF3)] (4) and [Ag(L)(CH3SO3)] (5), have been obtained by the reactions of the ligand 4-(2-oxazolinyl)pyridine (L) with different Ag(I) salts under the same reaction conditions. The frameworks of 1-5 show different structural features: complex 1 is a zigzag chain; complexes 2-4 contain 2D networks with different topologies; complex 5, interestingly, contains both a zigzag chain and a 2D network. The results reveal that the nature of the counteranions, such as their shape and size, coordination ability and coordination mode, has a great effect on determining the resulting structures. Meanwhile, electrospray mass spectrometry (ES-MS) shows the existence of the fragment of a coordination polymer in the solution. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.