Poly[[aquatris(μ3-hexamethylenetetramine-κ3N,N′,N′′)tris(p-toluenesulfonato-κO)trisilver(I)] trihydrate]

• Main Authors: Hua Wu, Shao-Ping ShangGuan, Meng-Xiang Shang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2010-12-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536810048567

There are three AgI cations, three p-toluenesulfonate (pts) anions, three hexamethylenetetramine (hmt) molecules and four water molecules in the asymmetric unit of the title coordination polymer, {[Ag3(C7H7O3S)3(C6H12N4)3(H2O)]·3H2O}n. Two of the pts anions show positional disorder of their O atoms in 0.60:0.40 and 0.50:0.50 ratios. The AgI ion is coordinated by three hmt molecules in an approximate trigonal–planar AgN3 arrangement. In each case, longer Ag—O bonds to a water molecule and a pts anion complete a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal AgN3O2 geometry for the metal ion. In the crystal, the bridging hmt molecules and pts ions generate a wave-like layer parallel to (001) and O—H...O hydrogen-bonding interactions consolidate the packing.