Tetrakis(4-pyridyl)methane: Synthesis, Properties, and a Diamondoid Network Structure of Its Silver(I) Complex

The title compound, which has the highest symmetry among tetrapyridylmethane isomers, has been synthesized from tris(4-pyridyl)methane and 4-chloropyridine. The silver(I) complex of the title compound forms a three-dimensional, non-interpenetrated diamondoid network in a crystal.