| Abstract: | The hydrothermal reactions of sodium o‐hydroxybenzoate with AgNO3 yield a novel stable Ag(I) s?‐complex supramolecular polymer, Ag2(o‐HOPhCO2)2]n. The structure of Ag2(o‐HOPhCO2)2] was solved by single crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis. It is monoclinic with space group P2Jc and unit cell parameters a=0.7394(2) nm, b= 0.8822(2) nm, c=1.0662(2) nm, β= 107.66(3)°, Z=4. The silver(I) atom is two‐coordinated by two carboxylic oxygen atoms of two o‐hydroxybenzoate ligands, and meanwhile, forms supramolecular interaction with one carbon atom of phenyl‐ring in the third o‐hydroxybenzoate group. The a‐form Ag…C supramolecular bond bridges Ag2(o‐HOPhCO2)2] units into an infinite 2D layered polymer Ag2(o‐HOPhCO2)2]n. The coordination sphere of the silver atom is best described as a distorted T‐shaped geometry. |
