The Silver–Alkene Interaction as a Supramolecular Synthon: Divinylbenzene-Based Assemblies

Abstract

The interaction of silver(i) salts with alkenes is shown to be a useful synthon for the assembly of both discrete and polymeric metallosupramolecular architectures. The three isomers of divinylbenzene lead to a diverse range of adducts, seven of which have been structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography.