Bis[5-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazine-2-carbo-nitrile-κN,N]silver(I) perchlorate

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2011 Dec 1;67(Pt 12):m1749. doi: 10.1107/S1600536811046708. Epub 2011 Nov 12.

Abstract

In the mononuclear title complex, [Ag(C(10)H(6)N(4))(2)]ClO(4), the Ag(I) ion is surrounded by two 5-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazine-2-carbonitrile ligands, forming a considerably distorted square-planar N(4)-coordination geometry, with two short and two long Ag-N distances. Each perchlorate anion links two mononuclear coordination units through C-H⋯O(perchlorate) hydrogen bonding, forming an infinite tape structure along [110]. Inter-molecular π-π stacking inter-actions between adjacent pyridine and pyrazine rings [centroid-centroid distances of 3.777 (3) and 3.879 (2) Å] further assemble the tape motifs into a three-dimensional supra-molecular structure.