The ligands 4,6-bis(pyrazol-1-yl)pyrimidine (bpzpm), 4,6-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)pyrimidine (bpz*pm), 4,6-bis(4-methylpyrazol-1-yl)pyrimidine (Mebpzpm), and 3,6-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)pyridazine (ppdMe) were synthesizedand were made to react with Cu(I) centers in the presence o
f di
fferent counteranions. Di
fferent [2 × 2] metallicgrids were obtained. With ligands bpzpm, bpz*pm, and Mebpzpm, a new type o
f grid was obtained where the
facing ligands were divergent and two counteranions (BF
4- or PF
6-) were hosted in the resulting cavities andexhibit C-H···F and anion···
fchars/pi.gi
f" BORDER=0 > interactions in the solid state. The presence o
f methyl groups on the pyrazolyl ringsinduced several distortions in the structure. In complexes with the ligand ppdMe, there were
found two groups o
fparallel ligands in the grid, and the cavities generated were smaller. The counteranions were situated outside thegrid, and the
facing ligands exhibited aromatic
fchars/pi.gi
f" BORDER=0 >-
fchars/pi.gi
f" BORDER=0 > stacking interactions. Anion-
fchars/pi.gi
f" BORDER=0 > interactions involving the pyridazinering were
found. The behavior in solution o
f the new derivatives with a special emphasis on the cation-anioninteractions was studied by UV-vis and NMR spectroscopy. Di
ffusion NMR experiments per
formed
for somecomplexes allowed us to conclude that weak cation-anion interactions exist in solution, with the counteranionsundergoing
fast exchange on the di
ffusion time scale between the
free and ion-paired states.