Cis- and Trans-Coordination Assembly of Nitrogen Heterocycle with Copper(II) and Silver(I)

After the preparation of 1,4-bis(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)benzene(bdib), a nitrogen heterocycle with potential coordination manners of both cis- and trans-configuration forms, three complexes, including cis-[Cu2(bdib)2(μ-OCH3)2]Cl2·2MeOH(1), trans-[Cu(bdib)(AcO)2]n(2), and cis-[Ag2(bdib)2](NO3)2-2H2O(3), were successfully self-assembled. Complexes 1 and 2 crystallized in the monoclinic system with P21/n space group and complex 3 in the triclinic system with P1 space group.