title: Silver(I) 3-aminomethylpyridine complexes, part 1: effect of ligand ratio, pi-stacking, and temperature with a noninteracting anion.
abstract: The reaction of the asymmetric 3-aminomethylpyridine (3-amp) ligand with silver(I) tetrafluoroborate (AgBF4) produces an array of structural motifs that depend on the ratio of the reactants present and crystallization temperature. With a 1:1 ratio of 3-amp to silver, either a folded macrocycle, 1a, or a linear coordination polymer, 1, is formed, depending upon whether the crystals are grown at -35 or 5 degrees C. A 3:2 ratio forms two-dimensional sheets of 2 regardless of temperature of crystallization. The 2:1 ratio of ligand to metal again sees a temperature dependence with either a one-dimensional, 3a, or two-dimensional, 3, coordination polymer formed upon crystallization at low and high temperatures, respectively. Addition of 2,2'-bipyridine to any of the previous reaction mixtures stops the formation of their respective structures, instead constructing the discrete Ag-Ag-linked 4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798, USA.
authors.forename: Rodney P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Feazell
authors.forename: Cody E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: Kevin K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Klausmeyer