Synthesis and Structure of a One-Dimensional Coordination Polymer Based Upon Tetracyanocalix[4]arene in the Cone Conformation

Abstract

Tetracyanocalix[4]arene has been synthesized in a cone conformation and crystallized from solution in an orthorhombic system, space group P2₁2₁2₁, with a = 13.7999(9) Å, b = 16.820(1) Å, c = 21.754(1) Å, D_c = 1.218 g/cm³, Z = 4 (C₆₂H₄₇N₅O₄). Refinement based on 11008 observed reflections yielded R1 = 0.042. Further crystallographic studies have revealed that this compound self-assembles into a one-dimensional coordination polymer in the presence of Ag⁺ cation. This extended structure also crystallizes in an orthorhombic system, space group Cmca, with a = 17.770(1) Å, b = 31.498(2) Å, c = 23.107(2) Å, D_c = 1.319 g/cm³, Z = 8 (C₆₃H₅₂AgCl₂F₆N₄O₆P). Refinement based on 7391 observed reflections yielded R1 = 0.109.