Discrete Ag6L6 coordination nanotubular structures based on a T-shaped pyridyl diphosphine

Abstract

Ag(6)L(6)-type coordination nanotubular structures have been assembled from 6 Ag(I) ions and 6 T-shaped ligands, 4-(3,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)phenyl)pyridine; the nanotubes represent a discrete molecular architecture of a number of polymeric structures assembled from dimeric building blocks.