A robust, porous, cationic silver(I) 3,5-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazolate framework with a uninodal 4(9).6(6) net

The reactions of silver(I) salts with 3,5-diphenyl-1,2,4- triazole result in three-dimensional, porous, cationic metal-organic frameworks based on novel 6-connected, trigonal-prismatic, pentanuclear silver-triazolate clusters, interconnected by linear N-Ag-N linkers; this robust water- and organic-insoluble structure exhibits both nonpolar-solvent adsorption and anion-exchange properties.