Bis[5-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazine-2-carbonitrile-κ2N4,N5]silver(I) perchlorate

Abstract

In the mononuclear title complex, [Ag(C10H6N4)2]ClO4, the AgI ion is surrounded by two 5-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazine-2-carbonitrile ligands, forming a considerably distorted square-planar N4-coordination geometry, with two short and two long Ag—N distances. Each perchlorate anion links two mononuclear coordination units through C—H...O(perchlorate) hydrogen bonding, forming an infinite tape structure along [110]. Intermolecular π–π stacking interactions between adjacent pyridine and pyrazine rings [centroid–centroid distances of 3.777 (3) and 3.879 (2) Å] further assemble the tape motifs into a three-dimensional supramolecular structure.