The reaction of the asymmetric 3-aminomethyl
pyridine (3-am
p) ligand with silver(I) tetrafluoroborate (AgBF
4)
producesan array of structural motifs that de
pend on the ratio of the reactants
present and crystallization tem
perature. Witha 1:1 ratio of 3-am
p to silver, either a folded macrocycle,
1a, or a linear coordination
polymer,
1, is formed,de
pending u
pon whether the crystals are grown at -35 or 5
C. A 3:2 ratio forms two-dimensional sheets of
2regardless of tem
perature of crystallization. The 2:1 ratio of ligand to metal again sees a tem
perature de
pendencewith either a one-dimensional,
3a, or two-dimensional,
3, coordination
polymer formed u
pon crystallization at lowand high tem
peratures, res
pectively. Addition of 2,2'-bi
pyridine to any of the
previous reaction mixtures sto
ps theformation of their res
pective structures, instead constructing the discrete Ag-Ag-linked
4.