A new enantiomeric interpenetrating 3D nets with chiral helical coordination silver(I) polymer was achieved via self-assembly using the new ligand modular approach, in which the special helical conformation of the ligand provided the opportunity to translate chirality from one metal center to others.
of Ag(I) coordination compounds, from one-dimensional chains to 3D porousframeworks, were achieved from N,N'-bis[1-(2-pyrazinyl)ethylidene]benzil dihydrazone, L, via self-assembly, using helicates as effective secondary building units. Compound 2 [(Ag(2.75)L)(NO(3))(2.75)] was comprised of two opposite-handed 3D frameworks formed by connecting the 4(1) helicalchains into (10(3)-b) nets. The pairs of