Metal-Betaine Interactions.XIV. Silver(I) 3-Carboxylato-1-pyridinioacetate Monohydrate, [Ag{C₅H₄(COO)NCH₂.COO}]_n.nH₂O

Abstract

The complex silver(I) 3-carboxylato-1-pyridinioacetate monohydrate, [Ag{C₅H₄(COO)NCH₂.COO}]_n.nH₂O, crystallizes in space group P2₁/c (No. 14), with Z-4, a 12.233(6), b 5.049(1), c 14.418(7)Ǻ, and β 94.96(4)°; the structure was refined to R_F -0.057 for 1721 observed [I ≥ 3σ(I)] Mo Kα data. The silver(I) atom is coordinated by four carboxylato oxygen atoms in a distorted tetrahedral environment [Ag-O 2.284(5)-2.570(5)Ǻ]. The tridentate acetato group bridges the Ag¹ atoms into a zigzag chain featuring an uncommon [Ag₂( carboxylato -O,O′)(carboxylato-μ-1,1-O)] six- membered ring, and the coordination sphere about each metal centre is completed by the unidentate aromatic carboxylato group, resulting in a two-dimensional network in the solid. The lattice water molecule forms hydrogen bonds with the uncoordinated oxygen atom of the aromatic carboxylato group [2.755(9)Ǻ] and the coordinated oxygen atom of the acetato group [2.936(9)Ǻ].