N. Masciocchi et al., POWDER ROUTE TO CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES - X-RAY-POWDER DIFFRACTION DETERMINATION OF POLYMERIC SILVER IMIDAZOLATE, Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton transactions, (10), 1995, pp. 1671-1675
Silver imidazolate has been synthesized and its solid-state structure
determined, ab initio. from conventional X-ray powder diffraction data
only. The crystals are orthorhombic, space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with
a = 5.5759(4), b = 6.7452(4), c = 22.174(1) Angstrom, U = 834.0(1) Ang
strom>(3), Z = 8, D-c = 2.786 g cm(-3). The structure was solved by a
real-space scavenger technique and refined by the Rietveld method down
to R(p) and R(F) values of 0.062 and 0.027, respectively, for 4401 da
ta points (1262 reflections) measured at room temperature in the 17-10
5 degrees (2 theta) range. The crystal structure of [{Ag(im)}(n)] (Him
= imidazole) consists of a complex packing of polymeric chains foldin
g about the crystallographic c axis, containing linearly co-ordinated
silver atoms joined by imidazolate fragments. Short interchain Ag ...
Ag contacts [3.161(4) Angstrom] were observed.