A self-assembly of AgClO
4 with a Schiff-base ligand
N,
N'-bis(
pyridin-2-ylmethylene)benzene-1,4-diamine (
1) gavea 1D zigzag
polymeric array [{Ag
2(C
18H
14N
4)
2}(ClO
4)
2(CH
3CN)]
n (
3), while the self-assembly of AgClO
4 with 3,3'-dimethyl-
N,
N'-bis(
pyridin-2-ylmethylene)bi
phenyl-4,4'-diamine (
2) afforded the molecular rectangle [{Ag
2(C
26H
22N
4)
2}(ClO
4)
2] (
4). The structures of
3 and
4 were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Structuraldata for
3 indicate that the Ag(I) ion is coordinated by two ligands of
1 in a distorted tetrahedral fashion therebyleading to a 1D zigzag
polymeric array. The zigzag chains are interdigitated with weak
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4 consists of a discrete molecular rectangle where the silver atom has a distorted square-
planarcoordination with the
pyridyl ligands and azomethine nitrogen atoms of
2. An intramolecular
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phenyl rings of adjacent Schiff-base
2 functions to stabilize the rectangular architecture. The Ag(I)-Schiff-basecoordination
polymer
3 is not stable in solution. The degradation and reorganization of
3 to form a [2 × 2] gridarchitecture [{Ag
4(C
26H
22N
4)
4}(ClO
4)
4] (
3g) was su
pported in a FAB-MS study. The rectangular structure of
4 remainsintact in solution at ambient tem
perature. The com
plexes
3g and
4 exhibit unusual luminescence behavior insolution at room tem
perature with significantly red-shifted emission in the visible region.