Coordination silver polymer with the bridging anion of oxadiazolylacrylic acid: Synthesis, crystal structure, and luminescence properties

Metal complex [AgL] (I) is synthesized by the reaction of AgNO3 with 3-(5-furyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)acrylic acid (HL, C9H6N2O4), and its crystal structure is determined (CIF file CCDC no. 1426528). The crystals are monoclinic, space group P21/n, a = 4.946(1), b = 20.084(1), c = 9.015(1) A, β = 92.32(1)°, V = 894.482 A3, ρcalcd = 2.442 g/cm3, Z = 4. In structure I, pairs of centrosymmetric silver atoms are bound by bidentate-bridging oxygen atoms of two anions L into dimeric blocks. The Ag–Ag distance in the dimer is 2.854(1) A. The coordination sphere of Ag+ contains two oxygen atoms, one silver atom, and one nitrogen atom of the diazolyl fragment of the adjacent anion. The coordination polyhedron of Ag+ is a strongly distorted tetrahedron. The molecular packing of crystal I is built of infinite ribbons (AgL)n extended along the direction [001]. The photoluminescence spectrum of compound I contains intense bands about 550 nm corresponding to the green spectral range and less intense bands at 425 and 485 nm.