Design of 3-D coordination networks: topology and metrics

Abstract

Using 4,4′,4″-tricyanotriphenylmethanol 1 as a hetero-tetradentate tecton with C_3v symmetry bearing three CN and one OH group, under self-assembly conditions a 3-D coordination network was obtained in the presence of Ag⁺ cations acting as a tetrahedral metallic tecton; due to the metrics of 1 (three long and one short distance between the central C atom and N and O coordination sites, respectively), the 3-D network is of pseudo-diamondoid type with different cavity sizes; although a two-fold homo-interpenetration is observed for the 3-D networks, the remaining space is occupied by CHCl₃, MeOH solvent molecules and SbF₆⁻ anions.