Copper(I) and silver(I) coordination assemblies of imino-pyridyl and azino-pyridyl ligands: Syntheses, crystal structures, spectroscopic and photophysical properties

•Coordination polymers of Cu(I) and Ag(I) of polydentate imino-pyridyl ligands have been reported.•These coordination assemblies are of various dimensionalities.•Photophysical properties of these coordination polymers have been presented.•Cu2I2 has been used as secondary building unit.

Six coordination polymers, [Cu(μI)(L1)]n (1), [Cu(μI)(L2)]n (2), [Cu(μI)(L3)]n (3), [Cu(μI)(L4)]n (4), [Ag(L4)(NO3)]n (5) and {[Ag(L5)](ClO4)·4CH3CN)}n (6) based on coinage metals Cu(I)/Ag(I) and a set of five imino-pyridyl ligands (L1–L5) have been synthesized. The self-assembling behaviour of the metals and the ligands and photo-physical properties of these coordination polymers have been described. Cu2I2 secondary building unit (SBU) is a robust feature of the Cu and Iodine self-assembly. This SBU along with the ligands provides 1D coordination polymers in 1, 2 and 4 and 2D coordination polymer in 3. The Ag(I) complex 5 is a helical coordination polymer and 6 is a 2D coordination polymer with (4, 4′) net architecture with rhombic grids.

Graphical abstractCoinage metals Cu and Ag have been used to synthesize coordination complexes with novel pyridine-azine ligands those show tendency towards helical self-assembly. In Cu complexes Cu2I2 unit act as robust self-assembled secondary building unit.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide