Crystal Structure of an Octanuclear Sandwich Cluster of Silver（I） and 4,4＇-Bis（2,5-dimethylstyryl）biphenyl

Reaction of the oligo（phenylenevinylene） 4,4＇-bis（2,5-dimethylstyryl）biphenyl （bdb） with CF3CO2Ag in benzene gave a novel octanuclear sandwich cluster Ags（bdb）2（C6H6）2（CF3CO2）8]·2C6H6 （1）. The clusters are packed on each other through strong n-n interactions to form ^1D ＇brick＇ chains, between which the solvated benzene molecules are located. TG analysis showed that cluster 1 could completely liberate the guest benzene molecules at 105℃ and the coordinated benzene molecules at 180 ℃. In solid state, cluster 1 exhibits fluorescence, and the emission band is red-shifted compared with that of free ligand bdb.