title: Tetrakis(4-pyridyl)methane: synthesis, properties, and a diamondoid network structure of its silver(I) complex.
abstract: The title compound, which has the highest symmetry among tetrapyridylmethane isomers, has been synthesized from tris(4-pyridyl)methane and 4-chloropyridine. The silver(I) complex of the title compound forms a three-dimensional, non-interpenetrated diamondoid network in a crystal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan. kmatsu@chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kouzou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kannami
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Inokuchi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Masaji
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda