AUTHOR=Mackenzie Campbell F. R. , Delforce Lucie , Rota Martir D. , Cordes David B. , Slawin Alexandra M. Z. , Zysman-Colman Eli TITLE=A Luminescent 1D Silver Polymer Containing [2.2]Paracyclophane Ligands JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry VOLUME=9 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2021.728845 DOI=10.3389/fchem.2021.728845 ISSN=2296-2646 ABSTRACT=

[2.2]Paracyclophane scaffolds have seen limited use as building blocks in supramolecular chemistry. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of a 1D coordination polymer consisting of silver(I) ions bound to a [2.2]paracyclophane scaffold functionalized with two 4-pyridyl units. The structure of the polymer has been determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and reveals two different silver coordination motifs that alternate along the 1D coordination polymer. The coordination polymer exhibits strong blue and sky-blue fluorescence in solution and in the crystalline solid state, respectively.