Diallylaminoarenes: a new class of versatile ligands for silver(i) that consistently lead to one-dimensional polymeric metallosupramolecular assemblies

Ligands comprised of a diallylamino group attached to a phenyl, 2-pyridyl, 2-pyrimidyl, 2-thiazolyl and 2-quinolyl ring react with silver(i) salts (perchlorate and/or triflate) to faithfully assemble into 1-D coordination polymers, regardless of variation in the number of additional nitrogen donors, the counterion and the coordination number (three to five) of the silver atoms.