Silver(I) Polymer of Tripodal Amine: Synthesis, Structure and Photoluminescence.

Starting from tripodal ligand tris-(methyl-imidazole) amine (1) the colourless complex tris-(methyl-imidazole)aminesilver(I)perchlorate (2) has been synthesized, characterized by IR, UV/Vis and HNMR spectroscopic studies and finally solid state structure has been established by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. A single crystal X-ray structure determination revealed the formation of coordination polymer. The crystal structure possesses weak d-d 'argentophilic' interactions with Ag-Ag separation (3.348 Å). The weak luminance at 375 nm may be this Ag-Ag weak interaction. The molecule possesses weak H-bonding with C2 and C4H of imidazole with oxygen of ClO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]