title: catena-Poly[[silver(I)-μ-4-aminopyridine] perchlorate]: a 1-D staircase coordination polymer.
abstract: Reaction of 4-amino-pyridine with silver(I) perchlorate leads to a one-dimensional coordination polymer, {[Ag(C(5)H(6)N(2))]ClO(4)}(n), in which the amino-pyridine binds through both N atoms. The perchlorate anion is hydrogen bonded to the amino H atoms and inter-acts weakly with the silver(I) atoms (Ag-O > 2.70 Å), both located on inversion centres, and some aromatic H atoms (O-H > 2.55 ÅA), thereby extending the dimensionality of the assembly. This is the first silver complex in which this ligand acts in a bridging mode.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, University of Canterbury, PO Box 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Ryan K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Golder
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Fitchett
authors.forename: Jan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wikaira
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Steel