For the purpose of furthering the understanding of steric structure effects
upon coordination behavior and exploring the possibility of non-planar com
plexation in the triazine system for formation of extended polymeric struct
ures, 2,4,6-triphenoxy-1,3,5-triazine(tpotz) has been reacted with silver(I
) perchlorate and trifluoromethanesulfonate. The crystal structures of [Ag-
2(tpotz)(3)(ClO4)(2)] and [Ag-2(tpotz)(2)(CF3SO3)(2)(THF)] have been determ
ined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Tpotz is rich in organic componen
ts that can offer potential sites for complexation, which can be utilized t
o generate an interesting array of organometallic compounds with one-dimens
ional chains. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.