title: Discrete and infinite 1D, 2D/3D cage frameworks with inclusion of anionic species and anion-exchange reactions of Ag3L2 type receptor with tetrahedral and octahedral anions.
abstract: Complexes [PF6 subset(Ag3(titmb)2](PF6)2 (8) and {SbF6 subset[Ag3(titmb)2](SbF6)2}.H2O.1.5 CH3OH (9) are obtained by reaction of titmb and Ag+ salts with different anions (PF6(-) and SbF6(-)), and crystal structures reveal that they are both M3L2 cage complexes with short Ag...F interactions between the silver atoms and the fluorine atoms of the anions. In complex 8, a novel cage dimer is formed by weak Ag...F contacts; an unique cage tetramer formed via Ag...pi interactions (Ag...eta5-imidazole) between dimers and an infinite 1D cage chain is presented. However, each of the external non-disordered SbF6(-) anions connect with six cage 9s via Ag...F contacts, and each cage 9 in turn connects with three SbF6(-) anions to form a 2D network cage layer; and the layers are connected by pi-pi interactions to form a 3D network. The anion-exchange reactions of four Ag3L2 type complexes ([BF4 subset(Ag3(titmb)2](BF4)2 (6), [ClO4 subset(Ag3(titmb)2](ClO4)2 (7b), [PF6 subset(Ag3(titmb)2](PF6)2 (8) and [SbF6 subset(Ag3(titmb)2](SbF6)2.1.5CH3OH (9)) with tetrahedral and octahedral anions (ClO4(-), BF4(-), PF6(-) and SbF6(-)) are also reported. The anion-exchange experiments demonstrate that the anion selective order is SbF6(-) > PF6(-) > BF4(-), ClO4(-), and this anion receptor is preferred to trap octahedral and tetrahedral anions rather than linear or triangle anions; SbF6(-) is the biggest and most preferable one, so far. The dimensions of cage complexes with or without internal anions, anion-exchange reactions, cage assembly and anion inclusions, silver(I) coordination environments, Ag-F and Ag-pi interactions of Ag3L2 complexes 1-9 are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Bio-Functional Material Key Lab of Jiangsu Province, School of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, PR China. liuhongke@njnu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Hong-Ke
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Tianhong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiujian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei-Yin
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Bei-Sheng
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000838:Anions / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D018030:Silver Compounds