Three silver(I) coordination polymers assembled from 2-sulfoterephthalic acid and N-donor ligands: syntheses, crystal structures, and luminescence properties

The reactions of silver nitrate with 2-sulfoisophthalic acid (H₃stp) in the presence of N-donor ligands produced three coordination polymers; Ag₃(stp)(pyz)_0.5]_n (1), {Ag₄(dpp)₄]·2(Hstp)·9H₂O}_n (2), and {Ag(bpe)]₂Ag₂(bpe)₂]₂·2(stp)·19H₂O}_n (3) pyz = pyrazine, bpp = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)propane, bpe = 1,2-di(4-pyridyl)-ethylene]. The complexes have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, physico-chemical, and spectroscopic methods. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that complex 1 is a 2D silver carboxylate-sulfonate layered structure, in which the 2D layers are further linked by the N-donor atoms of pyz ligands into a 3D supramolecular structure. Complex 2 is an infinite 1D chain arrangement with the Ag₂(dpp)₂]²⁺ unit in which weak Ag···Ag or Ag···O interactions extend the chains into 2D structures. Complex 3 has a 3D supramolecular structure constructed by hydrogen bonding, π–π stacking, and Ag···O interactions to link the ligands, metal atoms, and water molecules together. The luminescence properties of the complexes were investigated.