Anion dependence of Ag(I) reactions with 3,6-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine (bptz): isolation of the molecular propeller compound [Ag2(bptz)3][AsF6]2

Brandi L Schottel; John Bacsa; Kim R Dunbar

doi:10.1039/b410811f

Anion dependence of Ag(I) reactions with 3,6-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine (bptz): isolation of the molecular propeller compound [Ag2(bptz)3][AsF6]2

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Jan 7:(1):46-7. doi: 10.1039/b410811f. Epub 2004 Nov 19.

Authors

Brandi L Schottel¹, John Bacsa, Kim R Dunbar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, PO Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA. dunbar@chem.mail.tamu.edu.

PMID: 15614367
DOI: 10.1039/b410811f

Abstract

The new compound [Ag(2)(bptz)(3)][AsF(6)](2), prepared from the reaction of bptz with Ag[AsF(6)] in CH(3)CN, is stable in solution as well as the solid-state and exhibits an unprecedented propeller arrangement of three bptz ligands spanning two Ag(i) ions with [AsF(6)](-) anions located in the folds of the cation.