Self-assembly of an organometallic silver(I) 1D architecture supported by three different types of bonding interactions

The new ligand o-C6H4[CH2OCH2C(3-Phpz)3]2 (pz=pyrazolyl ring) reacts with AgBF4 to yield the coordination polymer {o-C6H4[CH2OCH2C(3-Phpz)3]2Ag2(BF4)2}n. The organometallic supramolecular architecture contains two different types of silver(I) cations arranged in bimetallic units forming a 1D coordination polymer. The bimetallic units show three different types of bridging interactions, including a μ-κ1,κ2-tris(3-Ph-pyrazolyl)methane unit, a silver η2-bonded to a phenyl group and π–π stacking interactions.