A non-interpenetrating 2D coordination polymer from a (CH2)8 spacer-based highly flexible linear ligand and AgCF3CO2

Reaction of a (CH2)8 spacer-based ligand, 1,8-bis(8-thioquinolyl)octane (C8TQ), with AgCF3CO2 affords a designed non-interpenetrating 2D brick-wall coordination polymer [Ag2(C8TQ)(CF3CO2)2]n, composed of thio-bridged helical chains racemically aligned and further connected by the (CH2)8 spacers, while weak F⋯F interactions between ligated CF3CO2− fabricate the 3D supramolecular architecture.