The syntheses, characterization, crystal structures, and photophysical and electrochemical properties of two dinuclearand two polymeric Ag
I complexes with three polypyridyl ligands, 2,3-di-2-pyridylquinoxaline (
L1), 2,3-di-2-pyridyl-5,8-dimethoxyquinoxaline (
L2), and 2,3,7,8-tetrakis(2-pyridyl)pyrazino[2,3-
g] quinoxaline (
L3), aredescribed. The structures of the two boxlike dinuclear complexes with
L1 and
L2 and two chemically the samebut differently crystallized one-dimensional zigzag chain coordination polymers also consisting of boxlike dinuclearsubunits have been elucidated by X-ray analysis. [Ag
L1(CH
3CN)]
2-(BF
4)
2·2CHCl
3 (
1): monoclinic,
C2/
c;
a =28.631(2),
b = 12.2259(11),
c = 14.3058(12) Å;
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= 99.180(2)
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;
Z = 4. [Ag
L2(CH
3CN)
2]
2(ClO
4)
2 (
2): triclinic,
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;
a = 12.3398(2),
b = 13.750(2),
c = 14.326(7) Å;
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= 83.494(3),
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= 74.631(3),
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= 76.422(3)
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;
Z = 4.{[Ag
2L3(NO
3)
2]·CH
3CN}
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(
3a): monoclinic,
P2
1/
c;
a = 9.
5836(8),
b = 13.4691(12),
c = 14.0423(12) Å;
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=107.753(2)
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;
Z = 4. [Ag
2L3(NO
3)
2]
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(
3b): monoclinic,
P2
1/
c;
a = 8.4689(6),
b = 16.0447(12),
c = 11.7307(8)Å;
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= 102.051(1)
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;
Z = 2. The structures of the dinuclear complexes
1 and
2 are similar to each other, with thetwo intramolecular Ag
I centers of each complex being spanned by two ligands thus forming a unique boxlikecyclic dimer. In
1, each Ag
I center is four-coordinated by three nitrogen atoms of two
L1 ligands and a CH
3CNnitrogen donor, taking a distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry. The coordination environment of Ag
I in
2is similar to that in
1, except the formation of an additional weak coordination bond with the oxygen atom of themethoxy group of
L2. The structures of
3a,b are very similar to each other, except for the stacking patterns in thecrystal lattices, and the cyclic boxlike dinuclear unit, which is similar to the structure of
1, constitutes thefundamental building block to form the one-dimensional zigzag chain structures due to the "end-on" nature of
L3.
1-3 exhibit metal-perturbed intraligand transitions in solution in 360-390 nm regions. Cyclic voltammetricstudies of these complexes show the presence of reduction peak at ~-0.5 V vs Fc
+/0. In the solid state at 77 K,they exhibit broad emission that may be assignable to originate from the metal-perturbed intraligand transitions.