1D ladder-like chain and 3-fold Borromean entanglement of silver(I) coordination polymers with different metal salts

Synthesis, crystal structures and photocatalytic properties of four silver(I) coordination polymers based on semirigid bis(pyrazole) and carboxylic acid co-ligands

“…This in turn results in a wide variety of sophisticated coordination architectures, including grids [6], helicates [7], cyclic helicates [8] and clusters [9]. In addition, Ag(I) coordination polymers (CPs) often show AgÁÁÁAg [10], AgÁÁÁp [11], AgÁÁÁN [12] and AgÁÁÁO [13] interactions, as well as noncovalent intermolecular interactions such as hydrogen bonding [14] and pÁÁÁp interactions [15], as well as exhibiting high-dimensional structures and interesting optoelectronic properties. However, it is still difficult to control the final supramolecular architectures because of various parameters such as the selection of metals with different coordination geometries [16], the nature of the ligands used [17], the metal-ligand ratio [18], solvent system [19], pH of the reaction [20] and temperature [21].…”