10.1021/ic049849x.s001
Aleema Westcott
Aleema
Westcott
Nina Whitford
Nina
Whitford
Michaele J. Hardie
Michaele J.
Hardie
Coordination Polymers with Carborane Anions: Silver Dinitrile
Complexes
American Chemical Society
2004
BF
nitrile ligands
carborane anions
terminal acetonitrile
Coordination Polymers
silver center
Ag 4
carborane anion
coordination polymer
network structure
CB 11 H 12
show coordination chain structures
chiral diamondoid structure
3 D CdSO 4
Ag centers
2004-06-14 00:00:00
Dataset
https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Coordination_Polymers_with_Carborane_Anions_Silver_Dinitrile_Complexes/3335818
Crystalline materials have been isolated and characterized from mixing the silver carborane salts Ag(CB<sub>11</sub>H<sub>12</sub>) or
Ag[Co(C<sub>2</sub>B<sub>9</sub>H<sub>11</sub>)<sub>2</sub>] with nitrile ligands, either terminal acetonitrile or potentially bridging alkanedinitriles. Most of the
complexes showed B−H···Ag interactions between the silver center and carborane anion. [Ag(acetonitrile)<sub>2</sub>(CB<sub>11</sub>H<sub>12</sub>)]
has a hexagonal network structure. [Ag(malonitrile)<sub>2</sub>(CB<sub>11</sub>H<sub>12</sub>)] is a discrete dimeric complex, while [Ag<sub>4</sub>(succinonitrile)<sub>5</sub>(CB<sub>11</sub>H<sub>12</sub>)<sub>4</sub>], [Ag(glutaronitrile)<sub>2</sub>][Co(C<sub>2</sub>B<sub>9</sub>H<sub>12</sub>)<sub>2</sub>], and {Ag(glutaronitrile)[Co(C<sub>2</sub>B<sub>9</sub>H<sub>11</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]} all show coordination chain
structures. The carborane anions in {Ag(adiponitrile)[Co(C<sub>2</sub>B<sub>9</sub>H<sub>11</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]} bridge between Ag centers to give a 3D CdSO<sub>4</sub>-related coordination polymer. The structure of [Ag(malonitrile)<sub>2</sub>](BF<sub>4</sub>) was also determined to have an unusual
chiral diamondoid structure with a skewed 2-fold interpenetration.