The Silver–Alkene Interaction as a Supramolecular Synthon: Divinylbenzene-Based Assemblies

Jennifer Burgess; Justine R. A. Cottam; Peter J. Steel

doi:10.1071/CH06147

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The Silver–Alkene Interaction as a Supramolecular Synthon: Divinylbenzene-Based Assemblies

Jennifer Burgess ^A , Justine R. A. Cottam ^A and Peter J. Steel ^A ^B

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^A Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8020, New Zealand.

^B Corresponding author. Email: peter.steel@canterbury.ac.nz

Australian Journal of Chemistry 59(5) 295-297 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH06147
Submitted: 2 May 2006 Accepted: 3 May 2006 Published: 13 June 2006

Abstract

The interaction of silver(i) salts with alkenes is shown to be a useful synthon for the assembly of both discrete and polymeric metallosupramolecular architectures. The three isomers of divinylbenzene lead to a diverse range of adducts, seven of which have been structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography.

Acknowledgment

We thank the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund for financial support.

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^* 2: C₂₀H₂₀Ag₂Cl₂O₈, monoclinic, P2₁/c, Z 4, wR ₂ (all data) 0.1037, R ₁ [I>2σ(I)] 0.0388. Crystallographic data have been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC; www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/products/csd/request/) as deposition no. 603593).

^† Despite several attempts, only a partial dataset was able to be collected for this unstable compound. However, this was sufficient to reveal the structure.

^‡ 4: C₃₀H₃₀Ag₂B₂F₈, monoclinic, P2₁/n, Z 8, wR ₂ (all data) 0.1349, R ₁ [I > 2σ(I)] 0.0543. CCDC 603594. Remarkably, this compound was also isolated as the sole product from the reaction of silver tetrafluoroborate with a commercial sample of a mixture of all three isomers of divinylbenzene.

^¶ 5: C₃₀H₃₀Ag₂Cl₂O₈, monoclinic, P2₁/n, Z 8, wR ₂ (all data) 0.1229, R ₁ [I > 2σ(I)] 0.0500. CCDC 603595.

^‖‖ 6: C₁₀H₁₀AgClO₄, monoclinic, P2₁/c, Z 4, wR ₂ (all data) 0.0530, R ₁ [I > 2σ(I)] 0.0213. CCDC 603596.

^§ 7: C₂₂H₂₁Ag₂F₆O_6.5S₂, monoclinic, C2/c, Z 8, wR ₂ (all data) 0.1145, R ₁ [I > 2σ(I)] 0.0461. CCDC 603597.

^** 8: C₁₀H₁₄Ag₃Cl₃O₁₄, orthorhombic, Pnma, Z 4, wR ₂ (all data) 0.1083, R ₁ [I > 2σ(I)] 0.0364. CCDC 603598.

The Silver–Alkene Interaction as a Supramolecular Synthon: Divinylbenzene-Based Assemblies

Abstract

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